Introduction to the interbellum

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The Interbellum 1919 - 1939

A super quick recap

WW1 - global destructive conflict

Outcomes

League of Nations

An international Organisation to solve problems with diplomacy, not war

Outcomes

Nice idea, total failure

We are going to look at why it failed so badly and why the 20s and 30s led to WW2

In the next 2 weeks

Russia has a very bad WW1

Leads to the Russian Revolution

In the next 2 weeks

Italy fights for the Allies but gains almost nothing after the war

Leads to Fascism

Outcomes

Germany and the central powers lose

The treaty of Versailles is extremely harsh on Germany

Democracy fails

For the next two weeks

Russia - Communism

Italy - Fascism

Germany - The failure of democracy

Today

1. What is a revolution?

2. The causes of the Russian Revolution

What is a revolution?

A big change or improvement in the way that something works or looks, or in the way that people do a particular activity

A massive and often fast change in the way people act and think

A change in the way a country is governed, usually to a different political system and often using violence or war:

Internet Revolution

Feminist revolution

The French Revolution

What causes revolutions?

For the following I will ask firstly what people wanted from their revolution and then why they wanted a revolution.

We will start with the feminist revolution

What did / do feminists want and why?

The French Revolution

What can you remember from last year?

What did people in France want from their revolution and why?

The Russian revolution

• Russia left WW1 because it had a revolution.
• Today you are going to watch a short movie about what Russians wanted from their revolution and why it happened.

• You are going to need a piece of paper and a pen