INTER-WAR PERIOD

World History April 1,2011 In the interwar period many countries participated but the ones we talked about were: United Kingdom, China, Italy, France, and Germany. Starting with France; from 1919 to 1938. France was quite successful at the world war 1, because it was a victorious war, therefore France lost a lot of men, 1.5 million of innocent people whose lives were taken away. Though they achieved a victory, France will never recover from that blow, since it started affecting in a notorious way. There was a decline in economy also, and when France was asked to pay for the war damages, they did nothing to pay back. Therefore government chose Germany as the one who was paying all the expenses and damages from the war, and this was determinate in the Versailles Treaty. Raymond Poincare was the head of France back then, and he demanded for Germany to pay for more damages, and because Germany didn't pay right away, France sent its troops to attack. And in exchange of that the Dawes Plan was formulated an agreement where now France was paying the debts of Germany. After France felt the need to set borders. France was basically destroyed by Germany. But this didn't compare to what Hitler did to Germany. Thought Germany was put in accusation for starting the world war1, it was even supposed to pay all the expenses that it caused in the war. The interwar period was the worst time perhaps of all times. Not only people were brutally assassinated, but after the war, there was a huge destruction everywhere, and some leaders took over countries and led them to failure. Countries decreased on economy, the agriculture was a mess, everything was basically a disaster after WW1. All countries were devastated and horribly affected. However Germany and France had similar issues going on. The fact that both places were lacking of toadding business, which made their economy got lower, however for Hitler was easy to lead Germany. Germany needed a leader, but of course, not that kind of leader. And by kind of leader, means a guy who's interest is himself and the ones of the Nazi parliament. However, before Hitler was on the power, France needed their money for reparations and because Germany didn't pay right away, they invaded them. So after in 1925 the Treaty of Lacarno was established and France began to receive more money from Germany. What related so much Germany with France was their spirit and passion to still fight after a War. Both countries were stubborn, and they each wanted to get away with whatever they could. At least Hitler got away with something, which was peoples lives. In conclusion, this time was devastating for everyone, but Germany and France besides war they had their own issues which was ridiculous after that massacre. The Holocaust was a huge event in history,and it was caused due to the WW1. Just as cause and effect, WW1, was the cause the effect of that was the treaty of Versailles, which caused trouble, therefore as an effect WW2 became present.