Treaty of Versailles
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- Treaty of Versailles
- Strengths of the ToV
- Brought peace to Europe
- Created an organisation to preserve the peace (LoN)
- Gave country's more of an individual identity, they weren't under control from someone else
- Gave country's around Germany some safety as there is no immediate threat due to demilitarisation.
- Was signed by 45 countries
- Gave independence to Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary
- Weaknesses of the ToV
- The USA did not join the treaty so that made them and the league a lot weaker
- Treaty didn't make the League strong enough as they couldn't back up their sanctions as they had no army
- Japan and Italy resented it as they thought they didn't get enough recognition.
- Britain thought the reparations were too high
- It left German people exposed and helpless, they were not happy
- Domestic opposition at home as no one got their way
- Wilson did not get congressional support
- Terms of the Treaty
- Germany was not allowed to unite with Austria
- The Rhineland was demilitarised
- Germany was not allowed to join the LoN
- The Saar (rich in coalfields) given to France for 15 years
- Alsace-Lorraine returned to France
- Lands in East Germany given to Poland (polish corridor)
- Danzig made a free city under the contol of the LoN
- All German colonies given to France and Britain as 'mandates'
- Germany was responsible for all loss and damage caused by war (war guilt)
- Germany had to pay a LOT of reparations
- Strengths of the ToV
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