The Treaty of Versailles
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- The Treaty of Versailles
- Terms imposed on Germany otherwise occupation would be faced
- Clemenceau (French President)
- Punishment and Vengence
- He wanted a weak Germany and peace as they had invaded France twice in 50 years(1874 and 1914)
- Lloyd George (British Prime Minister)
- Punishment but not so much that they couldn't trade
- He feared that if Germany was too poor they would have a Russian style revolution
- There needed to a balance for peace to work
- Wilson (American President)
- Most ambitious as he made a 14 point programme which made him hope for new modern international relations
- Abolish trade restrictions
- Disarment
- German loss of territorial gains
- Self-determination
- Most ambitious as he made a 14 point programme which made him hope for new modern international relations
- 7 March 1919: To disable Germany from starting another war again
- Germany had to accept:
- Blame for the war
- Territorial losses
- Military losses
- Financial reparations
- Reactions and opinions of German people to the treaty
- Many right wing people= stabbed in the back
- Civilians who over-threw the monarchy and surrendered in the war
- Gov. as they signed the treaty
- Treaty= symbol of Germany's humiliation and defeat
- People saw it as a "diktat" (dictated peace) as the German gov. had to sign the treaty without having a say in its terms
- Many right wing people= stabbed in the back
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