1 Since Germany had nearly won this war all by herself, the winners had to make sure she couldn’t fight another war in the future.

 

2 The Communists in Russia hated capitalism and wanted to get rid of it by having a workers’ revolution.

 

6 Since the end of the war had come more quickly than expected, the winners were unprepared to make peace and had many conflicting ideas.

 

Problems for the Winners in 1918  

Laura Aberle

 

3 The royal families of Germany and Austria-Hungary had resigned before the peace conference, leaving their countries in chaos.

 

5 There were already new states in Yugoslavia, Poland, and Czechoslovakia that had not been officially recognised.

 

4 Japan and Italy were expecting rewards from France and Britain, who had made secret treaties with them during the war.