World History › Section W · Between the wars › Topic W.1
Recovering from World War I
The peace made in 1919 tried to punish Germany, redraw Europe and prevent another war all at once. How those aims clashed, and how reparations, inflation and fragile treaties shaped the 1920s, explains much of what went wrong in the decades that followed.
In this topic
- A world counting its losses
- Peacemaking in Paris
- What Versailles demanded of Germany
- New maps, old problems
- Disappointed allies: Japan, China and Italy
- Worked example: from the Ruhr to worthless money
- Dawes, Young and a circle of money
- An uneven recovery around the world
- Building a lasting peace
- Worked example: was the treaty too harsh?
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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