The Treaty of Versailles
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- the Treaty of Versailles
- France
- Leader: Clemenceau
- "the tiger"
- vengeful
- aims to crush Germany
- army
- should be completely dismantled so that she can never threaten France again
- condition of the country in 1918:
- 750,000 homes destroyed
- 1.5 million killed
- public demands revenge
- Territory
- should go to the winners
- colonies - should be divided between the winners
- saar - rich in coal and iron. should go to France for industrial reconstrustion
- Rhineland - should become an independent state
- Alsace Lorraine - stolen from France in the war of 1870. Should now be returned
- Germany should be broken up altogether
- Reparations
- should be massive, to punish Germany
- used to rebuild industry / homes and pay debts to USA
- 200 billion pounds
- War guilt
- blame Germany
- The league of Nations
- attitude - waste of time
- Germany should not be allowed to join at all as she is evil.
- should be used as a way of enforcing the Treaty of Versailles
- Leader: Clemenceau
- Britain
- League of Nations
- attitude - indifferent
- Germany can join when proven to be peace-loving
- good way of preserving peace
- territory
- should go to the winners
- colonies - should be divided between the winners
- Germany should not be smashed into pieces - needs to recover as a tading partner
- army
- should be reduced, but not so much that she is unable to defend herself against France
- her navy should never threaten the British Empire again
- condition of the country in 1918
- 1 million killed
- public demands : hang the kaiser!
- reparations
- should be reasonable, to allow Germany to recover as a trading partner
- used to pay war pensions and pay debts to USA
- Leader: Lloyd George
- Welsh Wizard
- pragmatic
- aims to rebuild Germany as trading partner
- demands "just and lasting peace"
- war guilt
- blame Germany
- League of Nations
- USA
- Leader: Wilson
- god man from the New World
- idealistic
- aims to create a new world order based on 14 points
- condition of the country in 1918
- only joined the war in 1916
- public demands : isolationism
- War guilt
- blame Germany
- Territory
- self determination through a vote
- this vote is called a plebiscite
- colonies should become mandates
- Reparations
- should be minimal so that Germany would not want revenge
- 22 billion pounds
- army
- should be dismantled by all countries.
- this is the only way to preserve world peace and avoid another arms race
- League of Nations
- attitude - obsessed
- point 14
- Germany can join when proven to be peace loving
- Leader: Wilson
- Actual terms of the Treaty
- territory : Germany lost
- her colonial empire - shared amongst the winners
- Alsace-Lorraine - which had 755 of Germany;s iron resources - given to France
- The Saar - handed over to the League for 15 years. France to run its coal mines
- West Prussia - given to Poland so that she could gain access to the sea ( the Polish Corridor) - splits Germany in two
- reparations
- actual sum not fixed at Versailles - Germans signed a "blank cheque"
- settled at 6.6 billion pounds in 1921
- War guilt
- article 231 - Germany was held wholly to blame for the war
- army
- would limited to 100,000 men
- conscription banned
- tanks and submarines banned
- navy limited to 6 warships
- airforce dismantled
- Rhineland permanently demilitarised
- League of Nations
- seen by Wilson as best means of getting friendship between nations
- hoped it could settle international disputes in a civilised fashion
- the first issue dealt with at the conference
- territory : Germany lost
- France
- Leader: Clemenceau
- "the tiger"
- vengeful
- aims to crush Germany
- first thing to be set up under the Treaty
- League of Nations
- attitude - obsessed
- point 14
- Germany can join when proven to be peace loving
- League of Nations
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