paris peace conference Flashcards
when did WW1 end?
11th of November 1918, Germany signed an armistice
when did the paris peace conference start?
January 1919
who were the Big Three?
Georges Clemenceau (France) Woodrow Wilson (USA) Lloyd George (GB)
which defeated nations were not invited to the Paris Peace Conference?
- Austria-Hungary
- Germany
which were the 5 treaties at the conference?
- Treaty of Versailles, 1919
- Treaty of St Germain, 1919
- Treaty of Neuilly, 1919
- Treaty of Trianon, 1920
- Treaty of Sevres, 1920
what was the summary of Wilson’s 14 points?
NO SECRET TREATIES
-no more alliances
DISARMAMENT
-reduce the amount of weapons each country has
SELF-DETERMINATION
- the idea that people can rule for themselves
- become independent from other countries
LON
-organisation to achieve international cooperation
what did Woodrow Wilson want?
he wanted to end the war by creating a league of nations based on his 14 points. He wanted to ensure Germany was not destroyed. He didn’t want to blame Germany for the war.
what was Woodrow Wilson’s pressures and aims?
He wanted to make the world safe, he wanted to end the war by making a fair peace, 14 points, self determination, disarmament and create a Legue of Nations
what did Lloyd George want?
he wanted a ‘just’ peace that would be tough enough to please electors who wanted to ‘make Germany pay’, but would leave Germany strong enough to trade
what was Lloyd George’s pressures and aims?
he wanted to make Germany pay, he wanted peace not revenge,
peace must not be harsh,
he tried to get a half-away point and
he wanted to expand the British Empire
what did Georges Clemenceau want?
he wanted revenge and punish Germany, he wanted to retain Alsace-Lorraine to France, No LoN, and independent Rhineland, huge reparations, to disband the German army so that Germany would never attack France again
what was Georges Clemenceau’s pressures and aims?
he wanted revenge and he wanted to punish Germany. Wanted to make Germany pay, wanted to weaken Germany and France would never be invaded again
state the losses during WW1 in France
750,000 houses destroyed land was turned to mud because of bombs many farm animals were used for food 23,000 factories destroyed 48,000 km of road wrecked 5,600 km of railway land destroyed 1 million 400 thousand french soldiers died 2 million 500 thousand soldiers wounded
state the losses during WW1 in Britain
750,000 soldiers lay dead
1,500,000 soldiers wounded
£9 billion on the war
over £1 billion borrowed
state the losses during WW1 in USA
started acting in the war in 1917
lost 116,000 men
people became disillusioned with the values and ideas of the American politics
roaring 20’s known as the ‘lost generation’
USA sick of getting their ships sunk by German V-boats
