Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Examples of Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in the following topics:

• The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

• The End of the War

  • President Woodrow Wilson required that Germany accede to the terms of the Fourteen Points, which required the return of territory acquired by the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to Russia, and the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine to France.
  • By the end of the war there were millions of casualties.
  • World War I had touched every aspect of the lives of those who survived to see much of Europe and its territories in ruins.
  • Signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (February 9, 1918).
  • Russia ceded territory to Germany in this treaty, which was reversed with the end of World War I.

• The Bolsheviks

  • The February Revolution took place in the context of heavy military setbacks during the First World War (1914–18), which left much of the Russian army in a state of mutiny.
  • To end Russia's participation in the first World War, the Bolshevik leaders signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany.
  • At first, the Bolsheviks refused the German terms, but when German troops began marching across the Ukraine unopposed, the new government acceded to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk on March 3, 1918.
  • The treaty ceded vast territories, including Finland, the Baltic provinces, parts of Poland, and Ukraine to the Central Powers.
  • Other concerns regarded the threat of Bolshevism, the nature of which worried many Allied governments.

• Wilson's Fourteen Points

  • The decree led to the March 3, 1918, signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, under which Russia immediately withdrew from the war.
  • This made it the centerpiece of the long debates over an equitable peace settlement and treaty terms that came afterward.
  • The difference between President Wilson's comparably honorable peace offer toward the German Empire, which was far less harsh than the demanded break up the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the terms laid out in the final version of the Treaty of Versailles led to great anger in Germany.
  • The Treaty of Versailles had little to do with the Fourteen Points and was never ratified by the U.S.
  • Georges Clemenceau (28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) served as the Prime Minister of France and was one of the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles.

• The Western Front

  • Among the most costly of these offensives were the Battle of Verdun, the Battle of the Somme, and the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • What scenes of horror and carnage.
  • The final result of the third offensive, marked by British and Canadian forces taking the village of Passchendaele, was approximately five miles of territory gained with the loss of more than a half million men on both sides.
  • On March 3, 1918, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed with Russia, releasing German and Austro-Hungarian troops to move from the Eastern Front to the fighting in the west.
  • Discuss the importance of the Battles of Verdun, Somme, and Passchendaele on the Western Front.