Treaties

Question 1

The Treaty of Versailles

Answer 1

With Germany on 28 June 1919

• army: 100,000 soldiers, six battleships, no air force
• reparations: 132 billion gold marks
• land: lost to Posen, Alsace-Lorraine, all colonies (Poland, Estona and Lithuania made)
• guilt clause: Clause 231- all blame to Germany

Question 2

The Treaty of Saint Germain

Answer 2

With Austria on 10 September 1919

• army: 30,000 volunteers, no navy
• reparations: agreed but not set
• land: Austrian-Hungarian Empire dismantled, Tyrol to Italy (Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia made)
• only 25% of old Empire, with 20% of population
• forbidden to join Germany (even they spoke German)

Question 3

The Treaty of Trianon

Answer 3

With Hungary on 4 June 1920

• army: 35,000 volunteers, three patrol boats
• reparations: 200 million gold crowns
• land: A-H E was dismantled (Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia made)
• lost 75% of land

Question 4

Turkey

Answer 4

Turkey was allowed to negotiate the Treaty of Serves into the Treaty of Lavasanne

Question 5

Link of treaties to ideologies

Answer 5

• Tov unfair to Germany
• germany was forced to sign the ToV
• other countries not punished as much

Question 6

Wilson’s 14 Points

Answer 6

• idealistic
• France and Britain did not approve
• only thing to come out of it was the League of Nations
• it tired to prevent conflicts but failed because it had no power and the nations were loyal to their own nations
• significant countries left out of it (US, Germany, Russia)