🌵 treaty of versailles 🌵 Flashcards
when is remembrance day?
11 November 1918 - the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
what do we do to celebrate remembrance day?
- 1min silence
- the last post
- poppies; red = soldiers, white = nurses, purple = animals
what is the WW1 armistice?
germany declared defeat and signed an agreement with Triple Entente powers to stop fighting and stop the war.
when and were was the armistice signed?
on a train carriage at 5am 11/11/1918
who, what are why was the paris peace conference held?
january 1919 / dominated by usa, uk, france / aimed to punish and weaken germany so it couldn’t start another war
what was the treaty of versailles and what did it temporarily create?
an agreement between germany and triple entente to stop fighting. it created temporary peace between the two sides
when and where was the treaty if versailles signed?
palace of versailles, france / 28th june 1919
did germany have a say in the treaty?
no
what was the outcome of the treaty of versailles? (7)
germany:
- accepted war guilt
- lost land to poland and france
- decreased military
- war payments
- austria-hungary became two separate countries
- league of nations was created