The Treaty of Versailles
A detailed mind map of the Treaty of Versailles, involving policies for each country (USA, UK, France) and its leader (Wilson, Lloyd George, Clenceau). Focuses on: - Post-war conditions - Territory - Reparations - Army - War Guilt - League of Nations
- Created by: Maria Drew
- Created on: 11-04-13 12:01
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- TREATY OF VERSAILLES
- Clemenceau
- "The TIger" vengeful, aims to crush Germany (invaded F twice in 50 yrs)
- Country's condition
- 750,00 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 reconstruction
- 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
- used to rebuild industry/homes & pay debts to USA
- should be massive
- 200 billion
- Army
- should be completely dismantled so that she can never threaten France again
- War Guilt
- Blame Germany
- League of Nations
- Germany should not be allowed to join at all as she is evil
- ATTITUDE "waste of time"
- Should be used as a way of enforcing the Treaty of Versailles
- Lloyd George
- "Welsh Wizard", pragmatic, aims to rebuild G as trading partner, demands "just and lasting peace"
- Country's condition
- 1 million killed
- public demands HANG THE KAISER
- Territory
- COLONIES should be divided between the winners
- SHOULD GO TO THE WINNERS
- Germany should not be smashed into pieces - needs to recover as a trading partner
- Reparations
- used to pay way pensions and pay debts to USA
- should be reasonable, to allow Germany to recover as a trading partner
- Army
- should be reduced, but not to the extent that she is unable to defend herself against France
- her navy should never threaten the British Empire again
- War Guilt
- Blame Germany
- League of Nations
- Good way of preserving peace
- Germany can join when proven to be peace-loving
- ATTITUDE "indifferent"
- Wilson
- "Good man from the New World", idealistic, aims to create a new World Order based on "14 Points"
- Country's condition
- only joined the war in 1916
- public demands ISOLATIONISM
- Territory
- this vote is called a PLEBISCITE
- Should vote in its own future SELF DETERMINATION
- COLONIES should become MANDATES - i.e. supervised by winners, but under League of Nations control
- Reparations
- should be minimal, so that Germany would not want revene & France and Germany stay indebted to USA?
- 22 billion
- Army
- this is the only way to preserve world peace and avoid another arms race
- should be dismantled by all countries
- War Guilt
- Blame Germany
- League of Nations
- ATTITUDE "obsessed"
- Point 14
- Germany can join when proven to be peace-loving
- First thing to be set up under the TOV
- ACTUAL TERMS OF THE TREATY
- Army
- AIRFORCE dismantled
- NAVY limited to six warships
- TANKS and SUBMARINES banned
- CONSCRIPTION banned
- ARMY limited to 100,00 men
- Territory
- ALSACE-LORRAINE: (which had 75% of Germany's iron resources) to France
- WEST PRUSSIA: given to Poland so that she could gain access to the sea (the "POLISH CORRIDOR") -splits Germany in two
- THE SAAR: handed over to LON for 15, France to run its coal mines
- COLONIAL EMPIRE: shared among winners
- Reparations
- Actual sum not fixed at Versailles; Germany signed a "black cheque" (settled at 6,600 million in 1921)
- War Guilt
- Under ARTICLE 231 Germany was held wholly to blame for the war
- League of Nations
- the first issue dealt with at the conference
- hoped it could settle international disputes in a civilised fashion
- seen by Wilson as best means of getting friendship between nations
- Army
- Clemenceau
- Clemenceau
- "The TIger" vengeful, aims to crush Germany (invaded F twice in 50 yrs)
- Country's condition
- 750,00 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 reconstruction
- 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
- used to rebuild industry/homes & pay debts to USA
- should be massive
- 200 billion
- Army
- should be completely dismantled so that she can never threaten France again
- War Guilt
- Blame Germany
- League of Nations
- Germany should not be allowed to join at all as she is evil
- ATTITUDE "waste of time"
- Should be used as a way of enforcing the Treaty of Versailles
- only joined the war in 1916
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