TREATY O F VERSAILLES

W hat is Treaty of Versailles?

The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties
at the end of World War 1
The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace
near Paris
It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years
after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Although the armistice, signed on 11 November
1918, ended the actual fighting, it took six months of
negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to
conclude the peace treaty

H ow the term of the treaty w as decided?

32 representative
( none of the defeated countries
were invited)
Council of ten
Two from each Big three, Italy and
japan
Council of four
Big three and Italy and commitees to advise
the council

The Big Three

USA ( Woodrow Wilson)
- Wanted to be neutral
- Only join the war after Germany sank American ship and offered
Mexico to join war
- Aim : Germany should not be punished not harshly. Fear of
revenge . Want war peace to be achived through his 14 points.
France ( George Clemenceau)
- Suffered enormous damage to its land, people and economy
- viewed Germany as a threat and want revenge
- Aim: want to be brought to its knee so Germany couldnt start war
again. He also wanted to create a buffer between Germany and
France
Britain ( David Lloyd George)
- Suffered a lot pf casualities
- Before war, Germany was biggest export of Britain
- Aim: wanted Germany to be punished not too harshly but
promised th public in 1918 election to make German pay

Term of TO V
War guilt clause
Territorial Reduction
Demilitarisation
Reparations
Self-Determination
Formation of League of
Nations

G eneral
War guilt clause
Germany was to accept the total blame for the start of WWI
This formed the basis for the limitations, territorial deductions and
reparation placed on Germany
Formation of League of legion
A league of legends was to be set up to maintain world peace
Self determination
People previously belonged to Austria-Hungary in the Central Europe
with a common identity were given the right to govern herself.

Territorial
Much of the land which belonged to Germany and Austria
before World War 1 was redistributed amongst the allied
powers
Germany had lost all her overseas colonies in Africa and the
Asia Pacific
Germany had lost Alsace-Lorriane and the profits of the Saar
coal fields to France
Germany had to give up the territory between Germany and
East Prussia to form the Polish Corridor to give Poland
independent access to the sea
Germany was not allowed to unite with Austria.

D em ilitarization
Tight Limitations were placed on Germanys armed
forces
Size of army was limited to 100,000men
Size of the navy was limited 15,000 men
Not allowed to have air force, tanks or submarines

Financial
Germany had to pay compensation
for all the damages cause in the
war.The reparations demanded in
1921 were 269 billion gold
Reichmarks or 6600 million pounds.
The loss of vital industrial territory
would be a severe blow to any
attempts by Germany to rebuild her
economy. Coal from the Saar and
Upper Silesia in particular was a
vital economic loss.

Im pact of TO V on G erm any