! After the First World War, unlike some other nations that were prepared to fight another major war, Britain had an aftermath of the war. Britain was struggling with economy as they met the economic depression; they were still on the stage of recovering. Also as the Americans were insisting on maintaining their isolationism, which they were willing to be isolated from the European countries’ conflicts, this eliminated any other possibilities and chance for the British to earn loans. Moreover, as Britain was one of the major power of the WWI, the effects on both of their men and arms were not recovered from the WWI.
The League of Nations, were an organization to create global peace after the World War 1 which caused continental scale destruction in Europe from 28th January 1914 till 11th November 1918. It was a war where total 37 million people were wounded or dead. After this deadly war, The League was set up to settle international conflicts and prevents war through the collective security. Although the League was set up to settle conflicts around the world in a fair and peaceful solution, it soon failed its job due to the greed of the member states. The League of Nations was an organization thought of by Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of United States.
· Alsace-Lorraine was taken from Germany and given to France. David Lloyd George was the British prime minister when the treaty of versailles was in place. David Lloyd george feared a harsh treaty would create future bitterness and make Germany too weak to resist
The election for the coalition results in 76% supporting pro-Weimar parties, showing that the opposition and threats to the government had settled. People in Germany were no longer looking for extremist parties which was proved by the failure of the right-wing coalition. In theory the coalitions should have worked well with the cooperation from all parties. However, the SPD were reluctant to work with other parties subsequently weakening the democracy. This proves the political instability of Germany in this period as they were the largest party in the Reichstag but still refused to cooperate.
A major cause of WWII was the fact that both Germany and Japan felt that they did not have the amount of power that they deserved. Germany wanted to regain the power it was stripped of through The Treaty of Versailles after its loss in WWI. Japan wanted to have a large empire and to be treated as a major power. The allies resisted this because they were happy with the status quo. The major similarity of WWI and WWII to me is that both were caused by countries trying to with the status quo in the international system.
There were other factors that Germany thought that were very unfair such as their tiny army and the amount of land that was taken from them. Their army had to be reduced to 100,000 men and also they could not have any military aircraft, submarines or armored cars. This made them very vulnerable to other countries and other countries took valuable resources from Germany making their future seem even worse. All the countries who had been involved in the war had different aims in the treaty these included France who at the time president was Clemenceau who was seen as the harshest of the big three. France in the war had suffered the most so it was only right that they wanted Germany to be crippled and Clemenceau with the support of France had the aim of crushing them.
They put restrictions on the German military, to make Germany weak and a second-rate power. Germany had huge financial losses, which brought the rise of the ultra-nationalist Nazis. They had to take acceptance of responsibility for the damage in the war even though they weren’t the only ones in the war. Germany had absolutely no say in the requirements and matters of the treaty. The Treaty of Versailles would prove to be one of the most disastrous mistakes in history.
The Kapp Putsch reinforced the view that the Republic relied heavily on unreliable forces to maintain a sense of order. Arguably, the right posed a greater threat to the Weimar Republic than did the extreme left because it had the support of most of Germany's establishment such as the military and much of the press. However the extremist right, were not trusted within the Reichstag as they opposed
STRENTGHS It was set up by the Treaty of Versailles (which every nation hated) Its aims were too ambitious Some of the greatest powers in the world - Germany, Russia and the USA - were not members: The USA did not want to join. The Russians refused to join (they were Communists and thought the League harboured Capitalists) Germany was not allowed to join Council members were not the most powerful countries in the world, and were not prepared to use their armies. Also sometimes council members were involved in the trouble Trade sanctions would damaged the countries of the League as well as the country that had gone to war The League had no army; it had to rely on member countries declaring war on countries that broke the Covenant Its organisation was a muddle Decisions had to be unanimous, making it very hard to get anything done Secretariat was too small to handle the vast work of the League The League came to be seen as a club for the victors of the First World War and was mostly European WEAKNESSES It was set up by the Treaty of Versailles, which every nation had signed Forty-two countries joined the League at the start. In the 1930s about 58 nations were members. This made the League seem strong.
Rome proved to be a regime that stayed on top of the weaker states below it but was eventually ruined by a combination of inside decline from the volume of inescapable tasks to run a world empire and outside attack from those who didn't approve. Therefore, America should not aspire to be the Global super power because of the vast unpopularity towards such a world and the damage such power could cause to the state of America. Firstly, leaders in most of the countries of the world favor a world with many powers cooperating to deal with international issues, and greatly contest a world dominated by one country. In fact, two-thirds of the world see American domination as a threat to their ways of life. Asia, Europe, and the Middle East to name a few, regularly protest that America is too arrogant when talk of the USA is brought up.