World War 1: The Consequences
Consequences of the War
FUN FACT
During WWI, a lone Portuguese soldier convinced the German soldiers that they were fighting against an entire unit for three days without eating or drinking.
Treaty of Versailles; Events after WW1
Economic Consequences
The treaty of Versailles was a treaty that was intended to end World War 1 and prevent another one. However, it kind of started it. The countries France, United States and Great Britain lead by three men, Woodrow Wilson, Clemenceau and David Lloyd George dominated the Peace Conference. France and Great Britain demanded that Germany pay all the expenses and damages. The treaty took a few months to write, from January 1919 to June. In the end, it consisted of 19 parts with 440 articles. It was written by the Allies without the participation of the Germans.
World War 1 had many different consequences to certain countries and the world in general. The economic result of WW1 was very disproportionate. The state of the soldiers depended on their country’s economic situation. Obviously for some soldiers during the war, there was immense suffering due to the economic state of their country, while for some soldiers, in which case their country was positioned in a higher class gained economic power.
Fall Of The Empires
Damages
One of the main consequences of World War 1 was the fall of the empires. From 1914 to 1918 the world changed in a way that it would never be the same again, not only emotionally, but physically too. Four major European Empires fell during that period; the Ottoman, German, Russian, and Austro-Hungarian empires. They each fell for their own unique reasons, and on this site we will explore more about this topic that changed Europe’s geography forever.
On this page you will read about the numbers and damages of WW1. The number of deaths the number of moeney spent by both forces the central powers and the allied forces, the injury stats, the family issues and about the deaths.