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Treaty Of Versailles Flashcards

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Representatives from 32 countries met at Versailles just outside Paris

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January 1919

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Dictator of Russia

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Vladimir Lenin

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The Big 4

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  • David Lloyd George (prime minister of Britain)
  • Woodrow Wilson (president of USA)
  • George Clemenceau (president of France)
  • Vittorio Orlando (president of Italy)
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Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles

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June 28 1919

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Nickname of Woodrow Wilson

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Peacemaker

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Aim of Woodrow Wilson

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Germany must be treated fairly

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Nickname of Lloyd George

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The Goat

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Aim of Lloyd George

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Germany must be weakened

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Nickname of George Clemenceau

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The Tiger

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Aim of George Clemenceau

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Germany must be crippled

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Nickname of Vittorio Orlando

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The Weeper

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Aim of Vittorio Orlando

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Territories

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What was Germany punished/terms covered in the Treaty of Versailles

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  • War guilt cause article 231
  • Reparations
  • German territories and colonies
  • The Treaty forbade Germany to join/unite with Austria
  • Germany’s armed forces
  • League of Nations
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Reparations that Germany had to pay

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132 billion gold marks

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Germany’s lost colonies

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  • Togoland, Cameroon, German South West Africa and Asia
  • GSWA given to South Africa
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Germany’s lost land in Europe

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  • Alsace-Lorraine ➡️ France
  • Eupen and Malmedy ➡️ Britain
  • Northern Schleswig ➡️ Denmark
  • West Prussia, Posen and Upper Silesia ➡️ Poland
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Germany’s armed forces

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  • The army was limited to 100 000 men
  • Conscription was banned - soldiers had to be volunteers
  • Germany was not allowed armoured vehicles, submarines/aircraft
  • The navy could build only 6 battleships
  • Rhineland became a demilitarised zone
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League of Nations

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Was set up as an international ‘peace force’

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How did German’s react to the treaty

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Were horrified, called the Treaty of Versailles a ‘diktat’/‘dictated peace’

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