Treaty of Versailles Flashcards
Lloyd George’s aims at ToV
Maintain trade with Germany
Cripple German navy to ensure naval superiority for Britain
Middle point between Clemenceau and Wilson
No colonies to protect British Empire
Clemenceau’s aims at ToV
Cripple Germany for defensive purposes
Split up into smaller states
Harsh reparations for reconstruction
League had its own army
Wilson’s aims at ToV
Fourteen Points League of Nations Self determination for Poland and Belgium Disarmament Colonies to be self determined
Conditions of Treaty of Versailles
War Guilt Clause - Article 231 Reparations - $6.6 billion Territorial Losses Armed forces restricted League of Nations
Territorial losses for Germany
West Prussia and Posen - Poland Rhineland demilitarised All overseas colonies taken away Alsace-Lorraine - France North Schleswig plebiscite
Armed forces restrictions on Germany
100000 men Conscription banned No submarines or Air Force 6 battleships Demilitarised Rhineland
German Reaction to Treaty of Versailles
Military pride gone - army restricted
Reparations payments too high - invasion of Ruhr - Hyperinflation
Not solely responsible
Germans in West Prussia and Posen unhappy
Treaty of St Germain
Split Austria and Hungary
Lost Bohemia and Bosnia to Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
Treaty of Neuilly
Bulgaria loses land to Yugoslavia, Greece.
Army restricted
Treaty of Trianon
Hungary loses land
Treaty of Sevres
Turkey loses land to Greece and French mandates
