1. Paris Peace Conference
Lasted from January 1919 – January 1920
Thirty Allied nations were given seats at the conference
The defeated nations were not given any status at the negotiations, their fate would be decided for them by the victors

2. The Big Three
David Lloyd George (PM of UK), George Clemenceau (President of France), and Woodrow Wilson (President of USA)

3. The Paris Peace Conference
Four empires crumbled: German, Austrian, Russian, and Ottoman
Various delegations representing different nationalities came to make their case before the council
Emir Faisal who petitioned for the creation of independent Arab states. T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) to his right.

4. Greece’s Demands
Countries would often make far reaching demands for territory that previously belonged to the defeated parties

5. Treaty of Versailles
On June 28, 1919 the Treaty of Versailles between the Entente Powers and Germany was officially signed
Palace of Versailles in Paris, France

6. The World at War!!!

7. Effects of the War
More than 9 million soldiers dead…civilian losses unknown
German 1.8 m, France 1.4 m, A-H 1.2 m, UK 1 m, Russia 0.6 m, Italy 0.5 m, Serbia 360,000, Ottomans 350,000
~15 million wounded
~250,000 horses killed!

8. Effects of the War
Austria-Hungary, Russian and the Ottoman Empires are divided into independent nations
10 new European nations are created: Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland.

10. Effects of the War Balance of Power, both political
and economic, shifted to USA
from Europe (UK)
League of Nations is set up in Geneva