How Were Germany's Allies Treated? - Conflict and Tension

Question 1

what treaty was Austria given?

Answer 1

the Treaty of St Germain

Question 2

when was the Treaty of St Germain signed?

Answer 2

1919

Question 3

what where the terms of the Treaty of St Germain?

Answer 3

• land was given to Italy, Romania, and the new states of Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
• Austria was told to pay reparations (but the amount was never fixed)
• Austria’s army was limited to 30,000, with no conscription or navy allowed
• Anschluss with Germany was forbidden

Question 4

what treaty was Hungary given?

Answer 4

the Treaty of Trianon

Question 5

when was the Treaty of Trianon signed?

Answer 5

1920

Question 6

what were the terms of the Treaty of Trianon?

Answer 6

• land was given to Romania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Austria
• Hungary was to pay reparations, but the economy collapsed and so it was unable to
• Hungary’s army was limited to 35,000
• no conscription was allowed
• the navy was limited to three patrol boats

Question 7

what treaty was Bulgaria given?

Answer 7

the Treaty of Neuilly

Question 8

when was the Treaty of Neuilly signed?

Answer 8

1919

Question 9

what were the terms of the Treaty of Neuilly?

Answer 9

• land was given to Yugoslavia, Greece and Romania
• Bulgaria gained some land from Turkey
• Bulgaria was to pay reparations of £100 million
• the army was limited to 200,000
• no conscription was allowed
• no air force was allowed
• the navy was limited to four torpedo boats

Question 10

what was the first treaty was Turkey given?

Answer 10

the Treaty of Sevres

Question 11

when was the Treaty of Sevres signed?

Answer 11

1920

Question 12

what treaty did override the Treaty of Sevres?

Answer 12

the Treaty of Lausanne

Question 13

what were the terms of the Treaty of Sevres?

Answer 13

• the Turkish empire was split up
• the allies took control of Turkish finances
• Turkey lost all its land in Europe to Greece, except a small area around the capital, Constantinople (Istanbul)
• the army was limited to 50,000
• the Dardanelles and Bosphorus Straits were taken from Turkish control
• the navy was limited to seven sailing boats and six torpedo boats
• the allies could keep their troops in Turkey

Question 14

why did the Treaty of Lausanne override the Treaty of Sevres?

Answer 14

• the Turkish people were so angry about the Treaty of Sevres that they overthrew their government
• the new government threatened to go to war with the Allies over the treaty
• Britain didn’t want to go to war so they agreed to a new treaty

Question 15

when was the Treaty of Lausanne signed?

Answer 15

1923

Question 16

what were the new terms of the Treaty of Lausanne?

Answer 16

• Turkey regained control of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus Straits
• the limits of the armed forces were lifted
• some of the land Greece had taken was given back to Turkey
• the allies withdrew their troops from Turkey

Question 17

what were some consequences of these treaties?

Answer 17

• losing industrial areas to Czechoslovakia caused the Austrian economy to collapse in 1921
• the revolt over the Treaty of Sevres, and the fact Britain agreed a new treaty, showed that nobody wanted to use force to impose a new treaty
• Hitler and Mussolini knew they could break international agreements and nobody could do anything
• Eastern Europe was made up of lots of small new countries