What were problems with the Treaty of Versailles? A Flawed Peace What were problems with the Treaty of Versailles?

Paris Peace Conference The PPC begins in January of 1919 The big four goals: 1) Woodrow Wilson - USA 2) Lloyd George – Great Britain Wants lasting peace! Punish Germany! 1)Fourteen Points 1)German reparations a)Self determination 2)Weaken German Army b)League of Nations 3) Central Powers should lose territory 4) Vittorio Orlando - Italy 3) Georges Clemenceau - France Get Anything! 1)Want land from Austria-Hungary Get Revenge! 1)Blame Germany for war 2)Take back territory 3) German reparations

Some countries not invited to Paris: German Republic Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Why? need to blame Germans Why? Country to be broken up Why? Will also be broken up – British want Mid East Lenin & Russia Colonies seeking Independence Why? Traitor & don’t like communists! Nationalist leaders not invited or asked to leave

The Treaty of Versailles War Guilt Germany must sign a war guilt clause Reparations ($) Germany pays $33 billion over 30 years Military Restrictions Germany must reduce army, no new weapons or U-boats Fourteen Points League of Nations is formed (US will decline)

Treaty of Versailles – Self Determination Germany Loses land to France Loses land to Poland & Czechoslovakia Loses ALL African & Asian colonies Austria-Hungary Land goes to: Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia (mts to Italy) Ottoman Empire 1)Can keep Turkey 2) Middle East split between Britain & France Russia (due to Treaty of Brest-Litovsk) Loss land to Poland. Finland & three Baltic States gain independence Look at the map on page 426 – answer in complete sentences What country lost the most territory? What has the creation of Poland done to Germany? What allied country lost major territory? How did Serbia achieve a pre-war goal?