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A Flawed Peace

Treaty of Versailles. A Flawed Peace. Paris Peace Conference. January 18, 1919, Palace of Versailles Big 4 Woodrow Wilson (U.S.) Georges Clemenceau (FRA) David Lloyd George (G.B.) Vittorio Orlando (Italy) Goal was to establish a lasting peace in Europe. Big 4. David Lloyd George.

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A Flawed Peace

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  1. Treaty of Versailles A Flawed Peace

  2. Paris Peace Conference • January 18, 1919, Palace of Versailles • Big 4 • Woodrow Wilson (U.S.) • Georges Clemenceau (FRA) • David Lloyd George (G.B.) • Vittorio Orlando (Italy) • Goal was to establish a lasting peace in Europe

  3. Big 4 David Lloyd George

  4. Big 4 Vittorio Orlando Georges Clemenceau

  5. Wilson’s Plan For Peace • 14 Points- Wilson’s plan for peace • 1st -4th end secret treaties, create freedom of seas, free trade, and reduce size of nat’l armies and navies • 5th adjust colonies fairly toward colonial people • 6th-13th suggestions for changing borders or creating new nations • Use self-determination- allow people to decide for themselves what gov’t they want • 14th establish a “general association of nations” to protect all nations

  6. 14 Points

  7. The Treaty of Versailles • Signed on June 28, 1919, between Germany and Allies • Created League of Nations, association whose goal was to keep peace • Punished Germany • Lost land • Restricted military operations • Article 231, blamed them solely for WWI • Forced to pay reparations to allies

  8. League of Nations

  9. The Treaty of Versailles • Creation of new nations • Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire lost land • Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia • Russia lost • Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania • Treaty of Versailles created feelings of hatred, bitterness, and betrayal from the German People • would lead to WWII

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