Versailles Palace was were the Treaty of Versailles was signed. It punished Germany and brought and end to the World War 1. Adolf Hitler did not like the treaty, and World War 2 was started later. The countries who were invited to sign the treaty were Woodrow Wilson, US, David Lloyd George, Great Britain, Georges Clemencau, France, and Italy.After he war and the treaty, the map of Europe was severly altered, adding many new countries and making Russia smaller.Wilson's 14 pointsAn end to secret tretiesFreedom of the seasFree trade for all countrieDisarmamentEnd to colonial claimsSelf determination for all countriesRestoration of BelgiumRestortation of FranceReadjustment of Italy's boundariesAustria Hungry would be given opportunity for autnomous developmentRomania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated and restoredTurkey should be sovereignPoland would be given their independenceThe "League of Nations" would be developed (Wilson's Favorite)Treaty of VersaillesGermany lost: Alsace-Lorraine(given to France), Eupen and Malmedy(given to Belgium), Northern Schleswig(given to Denmark) Hultschin(given to Czechoslovakia), West Prussia, Posen and Upper Silesia.Germany's army was reduced to 100,000 men, the army was not allowed tanks. Germany was not allowed airforce. Germany was allowed only 6 capital naval ships and submarines.Combined with the financial penalties linked to reparations($33 billion) it seemed clear to Germany that the allies wanted nothing else but to bankrupt themGermany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war. This was Claus 231- the infamous "War Guilt Clause"A League of Nations was set up to keep world peace. The countries involved were: Great Britain, France, Italy, US, and Japan. four other non-permanent members rotated.Japan was the only country that got out of World War 1 felling good about themselves and weren't as effected by it as everyone else.Wilson had to get more people to approve the signing of Treaty of Versailles, so he traveled across the US to gather support for it.
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