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A Flawed Peace

A Flawed Peace. The Treaty of Versailles . Setting the Stage.

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A Flawed Peace

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  1. A Flawed Peace The Treaty of Versailles

  2. Setting the Stage • World War I was over. The killing had stopped. The terms of peace, however, still had to be worked out. On January 18, 1919, a conference to establish those terms began at the Palace of Versailles, outside Paris. Attending the talks, known as the Paris Peace Conference, were delegates representing 32 countries. For one year, this conference would be the scene of vigorous, often bitter debate. The Allied powers struggled to solve their conflicting aims in various peace treaties.

  3. The Big 4 • Woodrow Wilson (US) • George Clemenceau (FR)

  4. The Big 4 • David Lloyd George (GB) • Vittorio Orlando (Italy)

  5. Wilson’s 14 Points • 14 Points designed to create a just and lasting peace • #1-4: • End secret treaties, freedom of the seas, free trade, reduce size of armies and navies • #5: • Adjusting colonial claims • #6-13: • Suggestions to changing borders and creating new nations • #14: • Creating “general association of nations” (League of Nations)

  6. Treaty of Versailles • France and Great Britain looking to punish Germany • Treaty of Versailles signed June 28th 1919 • Five years to the day of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand death • Germany Loses: • Severe restrictions on size of military • Article 231: “war guilt” Germany total blame for war • Pay reparations to Allied powers • Lost all colonies in Africa and Pacific

  7. Creating New Nations • Austia-Hungry: • Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia • Ottoman Empire: • Lost all land except current day Turkey • Land made into “mandates” instead of independent nations • Palestine, Iraq, Transjordan, (British Mandate) • Syria, Lebanon (French Mandate) • Russia: • Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

  8. “Peace Built on Quicksand” • US does not sign the Treaty of Versailles or join the league of nations • Treaty leaves many countries bitter about the end of the war • Italy and Japan gain nothing from victory • Germany develops deep hatred from Allied countries • Poor Treaty will directly lead to the rise of Fascism throughout European Nations

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