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END OF WWILeague of Nations and Treaty of Versailles

■ After the Germans came within 50 miles of Paris, Allies launched a counteroffensive leading to a string of losses that left Germany standing alone– November 11, 1918 at 11:00 a.m.

Germany signed an armistice end the fighting

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Cost of WWI $330-375 billion in property

damage Nations were destroyed and

new created from the ashes

40 Million total casualties

15-19 million killed

21-23 million wounded

117,000 Americans killed and 204,000 wounded

7.4 million prisoners or MIA

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■ Wilson’s Fourteen Points

■ Treaty of Versailles

Debate on ratification

■ Senate had reservations– League of Nation required all members to go to war to

protect members■ Senate wanted to retain ability to declare war on its own

■ Wilson was stubborn– Refused to accept any changes to the League of Nations’

Charter

■ Result– Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles– U.S. signs separate treaty with Germany– U.S. never joins the League of Nations

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Legacy of WWI & Treaty of Versailles■ America implements an Isolationist Policy

■ Germany is plagued by huge debt from the war reparations Rise of Hitler, Nazism, and World War II