Conflict and Tension Flashcards
Georges Clemenceau (France):
Compensation
Regain Alsace and Lorraine
Disarm Germany
David Lloyd George
Improve Germany’s economy
British navy to be supreme
Prevent harsh settlement.
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Self determination
France to regain Alsace and Lorraine
End of secret treaties
All countries to reduce military power.
ToV
June 28th 1919.
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War guilt
Diktat
Kaiser abdicated.
Austria-Hungary declared war first.
Humiliation.
Loss of land
Loss of Land: (7 million Germans were displaced)
- Anschluss was banned.
- Germany lost all its colonies.
- Rhineland was demilitarised.
- Saar was given to France for 15 years.
- Alsace and Lorraine were given to France.
- `The Polish corridor was given to Poland.
Military restrictions:
100,000 army 15,000 navy 6 battleships No submarines No airforce No conscription
reparations
£6.6 billion
Too much
Economy collapsed
13% of German land was also destroyed.
Treaty of St Germain - Austria:
Treaty of St Germain - Austria:
Reparations - Amount was never fixed.
Land - Poland,Italy, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia.
Military restrictions - 30,000 army, no conscription, no navy, Anschluss.
Treaty of Neuilly - Bulgaria:
Reparations - £100 million
Land - yugoslavia, Greece, Romania. Gained from Turkey.
Military restrictions - 20,000 army, 4 battleships, no conscription, no air force.
Treaty of Trianon - Hungary:
Reparations - Never fixed, but didn’t pay as the economy collapsed.
Land - Romania, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia.
Military restrictions - 30,000 army, 3 patrol boats, no conscription.
Treaty of Sevres - Turkey:
Reparations - GB and France controlled finances.
Land - Britain, France, Italy, Greece.
Military restrictions - 50,000 army, 7 sailboats, 6 torpedo boats.
Treaty of Lausanne - Turkey:
Reparations - Turkey regained control.
Land - Gained land lost to Greece.
Military restrictions - None.
Membership of the league of nations
1920 - Britain, France, Italy and Japan 1926 - Germany joined. 1933 - Japan and Germany left. 1934 - USSR joined. 1937 - Italy left. 1939: End of LoN.
Covenants of the LoN
1) Treaties made public
2) Reduction and control of military
3) Countries to cooperate in business and trade
4) `Collective security as a way of solving disputes.
Slavery commision
Aim - Get rid of slavery.
Success - Set free 200,00 slaves in Sierra Leone.
1927 - Sierra Leone abolished slavery.
Commission for refugees
Aim - Improving refugee camps. Help people return home or find new homes.
Success - 1.5 millions Russians find homes after civil war.
Free 427,000 prisoners of war and return them home.
Failure - The league tried to appoint a high commissioner for refugees, mainly Jewish, fleeing from Germany. Germany rejected this proposal.
Health committee
Aim - spread awareness and reduce disease.
Success - started an international campaign to kill mosquitoes.
Worked with the Russian government to educate people about the spread of typhus.
Still exists to this day.