Were the Peace Treaties of 1919-23 Fair?
- Created by: Conrad Will
- Created on: 28-05-13 17:45
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- Were the Peace Treaties of 1919-23 Fair?
- What Were the Motives and Aims of the Big Three at Versailles?
- Georges Clemenceau - France
- Wanted Germany crippled and severely punished
- David Lloyd-George - UK
- Wanted to see Germany justly punished, but not completely crippled
- Woodrow Wilson - USA
- Wanted a just and lasting peace, with good trade
- The Fourteen Points
- 'Self-Determination'
- Free Trade
- League of Nations to be set up
- The Fourteen Points
- Wanted a just and lasting peace, with good trade
- Georges Clemenceau - France
- Why Did the Victors Not Get Everything They Wanted?
- The Treaty of Versailles
- Clauses
- 1. War Guilt
- Germany had to accept complete responsibility for WWI
- 2. Reparations
- Germany wouldn't have paid off initial figure of £6.6 billion until 1984
- 3. German Territories and Colonies
- North Schleswig to Denmark after plebiscite
- Alsace-Lorraine to France
- 'Polish Corridor' created and Upper Silesia to Poland
- Saarland run by League of Nations, then plebiscite after 15 years
- Overseas empire taken away and handed over to the League of Nations
- 4. Germany's Armed Forces
- Army limited to 100,000 men
- Conscription banned
- No armoured vehicles, submarines, or aircraft
- Navy limited to 6 battleships
- Rhineland demilitarised
- 5. League of Nations
- Germany not invited
- 1. War Guilt
- Clauses
- The Treaty of Versailles
- What Were the Immediate Reactions to the Peace Settlement?
- Germany Hated the Treaty
- Couldn't afford reparations
- Lost industrial areas and could not rebuild
- Lost pride without armed forces
- Saw other countries weren't disarming
- Didn't accept defeat
- Peoples now often lived under foreign rule in new countries
- Lost colonies
- Suffered an economic crisis
- Didn't accept guilt
- Germany Hated the Treaty
- Other Peace Treaties
- TTO St. Germain - 1919
- Dealt with Austria
- TTO Neuilly - 1919
- Dealt with Bulgaria
- TTO Trianon - 1920
- Dealt with Hungary
- TTO Sevres - 1920
- Dealt with Turkey
- TTO St. Germain - 1919
- Could the Treaties be Justified at the Time?
- Unfair?
- Germany was left weak and resentful - this could lead to anger
- The Treaty wouldn't help Europe rebuild trade and wealth
- The peacemakers faced pressure from home
- Issues
- Europe couldn't recover with Germany so poor
- Self-Determination within newly formed countries
- German anger would lead to future trouble
- Without major powers in the League, it would be hard to exorcise power
- Unfair?
- What Were the Motives and Aims of the Big Three at Versailles?
- Overseas empire taken away and handed over to the League of Nations
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