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- Created on: 31-10-21 22:30
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- Main Points from 1-39
- Aims of the Big three
- Clemenceaus aims
- ensure french safety
- high reparations and revenge because France suffered alot during the war
- 1,400,000 deaths from soldiers, 700,000 widows, 1 million orphans. 81k-97k were killed from French colonies
- Destruction costs were estimated at around 55 billion Francs
- restriction on army and rhineland to be demillitarised
- Alsace-Lorraine to be returned and colonies to be handed over
- Woodrow Wilsons aims
- World peace
- 14 points
- Self determination, no more secret treaties, league of nations and disarmament for defense
- David Lloyd Georges aims
- The public wanted revenge, economy had been damaged, Germanys army posed as a threat
- However, he wanted to maintain trade relationships and Didn't want Germany to seek revenge
- The public wanted revenge, economy had been damaged, Germanys army posed as a threat
- Clemenceaus aims
- Terrms of the different treaties
- versailles, sevres, neuilly, trianon, saint germain, lausanne
- union between germany and austria was forbidden
- couldnt join the leauge of nations but had to accept it
- Germany objected to the treaty because it was dictated, not negotiated and it was too harsh due to the fact they were made to take majority of the blame
- they also said it was unfair because 100k men in the army was not enough to defend the country
- Similarites between the treaties: Article 231, reparations and reduced armaments, accepting the league of nations
- Treaty of Saint Germain with AUSTRIA
- Separation of Austro-Hungarian empire, territories becoming czechoslovakia and yugoslavia
- Trianon with HUNGARY
- non existent army, accept the break up of the Austro-Hungarian empire, territorial loses and reparations
- Neuilly with BULGARIA
- £100 million in reparations, no air force allowed, army reduced to 20k, loss of land
- Sevres with TURKEY
- Lausanne
- no more reparations, restrictions and disarmament removed, provinces were returned
- Turkish tax and finance to be controlled by allies, loss of territory, Ottoman empire and middle eastern turkish provinces were given to european countries
- Lausanne
- Brest Litovsk was cancelled and estonia, latvia and lithuania were made independent
- versailles, sevres, neuilly, trianon, saint germain, lausanne
- Other
- Article 231- War guilt Clause
- The Germans blamed the new Weimar government for signing the treaty even though they didn't have much choice
- After Germany failed to pay the second instalment of reparations in 1922, the Ruhr was invaded and occupied and all its valuable resources were taken
- Paris Peace conference
- 1919
- Russia not invited
- France, Britain and US dominated the conference
- Defeated countries not allowed a say
- Restrictions
- millitary
- army restrcited to 100k men with no conscription, no tanks or millitary or air force or navy
- millitary
- Aims of the Big three
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