Tov and aims of big three.
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- Treaty of Versailles
- Aims
- Lloyd George
- Preserve the supremacy of the British navy and prevent settlement that would be so harsh that Germany would not accept it- private view.
- Wanted Germany to recover for trade purposes.
- Public view: make Germany pay for war- wanted to get votes. "Hang the Kaiser"
- George Clemceau
- Seen Germany invade twice in his lifetime.
- Main aim- to gain security for France by preventing another attack and securing borders.
- Disarm germany.
- Get back Alsace Lorraine
- Make Germany pay for all French damage.
- Woodrow Wilson
- Believed all countries should have the right to self determination
- Doesnt want to punish Germany as he wants future peace.
- Believed in the fourteen points- during the conference began to rely solely on his last point- the creation of the League of Nations.
- Freedom of seas.
- No secret treaties
- Disarmament
- League of Nations
- Lloyd George
- Main terms of TOV
- Military
- Army- 100,00 men only.
- Navy: 15,00 men
- 6 battleships and no submarines.
- Navy: 15,00 men
- No conscription
- Rhineland to be de-militarised.
- No aircraft
- Land
- Alsace Lorraine back to France.
- North schelswig to Denmark.
- Poland to be restored.
- Upper silesia between Germany and Poland
- Saar land under control of League of Nations- 15 years and France can take coal before plebiscite after 15 years.
- Danzig free city under league of Nations.
- Anschluss forbidden
- War guilt- Germany are forced to accept 100% guilt for war.
- Reperations
- 6600 million - 42 years to pay- reduced in 1929- stopped paying in 1930's
- Military
- German response to TOV
- Diktat- dictated peace as Germany were forced to sign it.
- Germany believed land loss went against self determination.
- Hated army restrictions as always taken pride in army- believed 100,000 wasnt enough to protect it'self.
- War guilt- believed they were being unfairly punished for Kaiser's actions. Humiliated and disgraced them.
- Reperations was too much for Germany to pay. Longer reperations went on, the longer it would take to redcover. Caused hyper-inflation and extreme poverty.
- Strengths and Weaknesses
- Left Germany with many grievances- they had collapsed and wanted revenge- weakness
- Some argue Germany should have been split up like Austria Hungary- weakness
- Germany would be determined to remove unfair parts of treaty- weakness
- Brought peace to Europe
- Set up League of Nations to maintain peace.
- Aims
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