What were the effects of first world war on europe
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a) Soldiers came to be placed above the civilians
b) Politicians and publicists laid great stress on the need for men to be aggressive, strong and masculine.
c) The media glorified trench life.
d) Aggressive war propaganda and national honor occupied the center stage in the public sphere.
e) Popular support grew for the conservative dictatorships.
f) Democracy was a fragile idea which could not survive the inhabitants of Inter war Europe.
The Peace Settlement: A conference of the representatives of different countries was held in Paris to settle the terms for Peace. Germany signed the Treaty of Peace on 28/06/1919, the terms were:
1. Germany lost its overseas colonies, 1/10th of its population, 13% of its territories, 75% of its iron and 26% of its coal to France Denmark and Lithuania.
2. Allied powers demilitarized Germany to weaken its powers.
3. War Guilt Clause held Germany responsible for the war & damages the Allied suffered.
4. Germany was forced to pay a compensation of 6 billion pounds.
5. The Allied armies occupied the resource rich- Rhineland for much of the 1920’s.
After its defeat in WWI, Germany faced economic crisis, revolts, lawlessness, unemployment, inflation etc. William Kaiser II was unable to solve these problems; he was forced to abdicate on 10/11/1918. Elections were held to the new constituent Assembly on 19/01/1919, which met at Weimar & adopted the new constitution, which set up a democratic govt. called “Weimer Republic”.