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New Nations Formed after WWI

New Nations Formed after WWI. Why did Russia lose land as well?. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Signed between Germany and Russia when Russia left WWI early Gave up territorial claims to Germany, which were then created into new states: Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania * Creation of an independent Poland .

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New Nations Formed after WWI

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  1. New Nations Formed after WWI

  2. Why did Russia lose land as well? • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk • Signed between Germany and Russia when Russia left WWI early • Gave up territorial claims to Germany, which were then created into new states: Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania * Creation of an independent Poland

  3. Germany returns Alsace-Loraine to France • Had previously gained this territory in the Franco-Prussian War

  4. The Mandate System • Central Powers forced to give up their colonial holdings • Ottoman Empire only retains Turkey, carved up and lost land in Southwest Asia • Created mandates rather than independent nations • Britain: Palestine and Iraq • France: Syria and Lebanon

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