The Treaty of Versaille
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- The Treaty Of Versaille
- Terms
- Military Terms
- Only allowed 100,000 men in their army
- No conscription, air force or submarines allowed
- Only allowed 6 battle ships
- Reparations and War Guilt
- Germany had to pay £6.6 billion in reparations
- Article 231 (war guilt) meant that Germany had to take full responsibility for the war
- Land changes
- Rhineland was demilitarised
- Germany split in two by the Polish corridor and given to Poland
- Germany lost 10% of their land; Alsace lorain was given back to France
- German colonies in Africa were given to the League of Nations as mandates
- League of Nations
- The League of Nations was set up and they had 42 members in 1920
- Military Terms
- Why?/ Where?/ When?
- They wanted to decide the punishments for Germany and how to keep peace.
- January 1919, representatives from 32 countries met in Versaille, France.
- Main three representatives were from the UK, USA and France
- Reactions
- USA
- upset that the majority of Wilson's points were ignored
- Glad that the League of Nations was set up
- Thought that the punishments were too harsh
- Britain
- Thought that there would be another war
- Thought that the reperations were too high
- Giving Germany's land away would anger them
- France
- Angry that Germany still had an army
- Didn't think that the reparations were big enough
- Untitled
- Germany
- They thought that they would be treated better as they signed the armistice.
- ANGRY!
- Absolutely hated article 231 as thought that it humiliated them as a country
- USA
- The Big Three's Wants
- George Clemenceau (France)
- Wanted to economically destroy Germany
- Germany's armed forces to be reduced drastically
- German borders to be pushed back and for them to gain Alsace Lorraine
- Large reparations so that he could rebuild his economy
- Woodrow Wilson (USA)
- League of Nations to be set up to create world peace
- Germany not to be treated too harshly
- Freedom of the seas
- Self-determination meaning that there were no empires and all countries rule themselves
- Had 14 points
- David Lloyd George (UK)
- Wanted Germany strong so they could still trade
- Didn't want to be too harsh as thought Germany would seek revenge in the future
- Gain Germany's colonies to expand the British Empire
- Wanted to protect his navy and armed forces
- George Clemenceau (France)
- Disaster or Success?
- Success
- Germany deserved it
- Germany needed to be taught a lesson
- Germany had destroyed France so they deserved it
- Disaster
- The terms were unfair and unreasonable
- Germany's economy was destroyed which meant that they couldn't trade
- It was too harsh that Germany may seek revenge
- Success
- Terms
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