Treaty of Versailles
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- Created on: 21-04-15 10:36
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- Treaty of Versailles
- Germany's reaction
- Economic
- Ruhr invasion = hyperinflation
- Took 10% of German industry
- Social
- Banned self-determination
- Felt betrayed by politicians
- People bitter & grieving
- 1.5 million German speakers in control of Poland
- Lost 6.7 million people to other countries
- Political
- Not invited to Paris peace conference
- 'November criminals'
- Article 231 blames Germany for war
- DIktat
- unfair punishment
- Territory
- Lost colonies to GB & France
- Lost 72,500km square of land
- Lost 10% of population
- Economic
- Terms of treaty
- War-guilt clause - Article 231
- Reduced armed forces
- 100,000 men (volunteers)
- No aircraft or submarines
- 6 warships
- demilitarised Rhineland
- Reparations £6600 million
- Lost its empire
- became Mandates run by L.O.N
- forbidden to unite with Austria
- What the 'Big Three' wanted
- France, Georges Clemenceau
- suffered badly, wants revenge
- severe punishment on Germans
- Germany a future threat?
- under pressure from bitter, grieving French public
- Britain, David Lloyd George
- Public wanted harsh punishment
- D.L.G wanted 'just' punishment
- wants Anglo-German trading again
- avoid future war
- Woodrow Wilson
- 14 points
- self-determination
- Low damage and casualties
- main aim to keep peace
- 14 points
- France, Georges Clemenceau
- Germany's reaction
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