unit 1: peace making after ww1 Flashcards
what does BRAT stand for
blame, reparations, army, teritory
3 blame reasons
germany wasnt allowed to assosiate with austria, germany had to take full responsibility for the war, germany couldnt join the leauge of nations
2 reparation reasons
germany had to pay £6.6 billion in reparations, germany had to pay for everything damaged in the war
3 army reasons
germany was only allowed 100,000 men, werent allowed submarines, they werent allowed to use conscription
3 teritory reasons
alsace-lorraine was given to france, germanys collonies in africa sure as togo-land and cameroon were given to the leauge of nations, the rhineland was demilitarised
what was the paris peace conference
in 1919 32 countries went to versilles and they were there to decide what would happen to the losers of WW1, main disscussion was by clemeneau, lloyed george and wilson
who were the big three
george clemenceau (france)
david lloyd george (britain)
woodrow wilson (USA)
what were 3 aims of clemenceau
wanted to push back germanys border taking away germanys defence, wanted money to rebuild north east france, wanted to cripple germany
how many people died from france
1.3 million soldiers and 300,000 civilians
how many people died from britain
800,000 soldiers dying in the trenches
what were 3 aims of lloyed george
he wanted some of germanys collonies, reduce the army, didnt want to cripple germany as they still want to trade
how many people died from the usa
120,000 deaths
what were 3 aims of wilson
to set up the leauge of natioms, create peace, wanted countrys to have freedom to rule themselves
what was germanys reaction to the TOV
they thought it was very unfair and called it diktat, germans didnt want them to sign the treaty but got threatened of being invaded, germans called the weimar goverment the novermber criminals for signing it
what was britains reaction to the TOV
they were happy they gained for collonies, everyone was happy and loved lloyed george but he thought it was too harsh and anothere war would break out in 25 years, they also was upset as they thought they would lose a good trade partner
what was usas reaction to the TOV
wilson was happy that the LON had been created, lots of americans thought the treaty was unfair for germany and they thought wilson had helped make it so harsh, he got voted out and the republicans came meaning they couldnt join the LON, wilson was sad as most his points had been ignored
what was frances reaction to the TOV
they felt no longer threatened, and were happy as they got control of the saar region for 15 years, clemenceau was angry as germsny was still able to have a small army and thought it was still not harsh enough, he got voted out after as many french people didnt think it was harah enough
was the TOV fair
lots of people seemed to think it was unfair and europe after the war was falling apart
what were some other treatys
the treaty of st germain, the treaty of neuilly, the treaty of sevres, the treaty of lausanne
what happened in the treaty of st germain
austria lost land too italy and romania and land was taken to new states, austria was told to pay reparations but the amount was never fixed
what happened in the treaty of neuilly
bulgaria lost land too yugoslavia, greece and romaina, but bulgaria gained land from turkey, they had to pay £100 million, bulgarian army was limited to 20,000 men no constriptions, airforce and only 4 battleships
what happened in the treaty of sevres
turkey lost land to greece, the ottoman empire was split up, turkey was limited to 50,000 met and 7 sail boats aswell as 6 torpedo boats
what happened in the treaty of lausanne
turkey regained land that greece had taken and decided how big they wanted there army to be, they got 10,000 more men and 3 patrol boats
