Today, in class, we got on the computers and bruns showed us his powerpoint.
The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of the Allied victors following the end of WWI to set the peace terms for Germany and other defeated nations, and to deal witht eh empires of the defeated powers following the Armistices of 1918. It took place in Paris in 1919 and involved diplomats from more than 29 countries. They came up with a series of treatyies, such as the Peace of Paris Treaties that reshaped the map of Europe and the world and imposed guilt and stiff financial penalties on Germany. Italy, the US, Great Britain and France were the main countries that headed the conference.
WIlson's 14 points was a speech delivered by Woodrow Wilson to Congress on January 8, 1918. The address was intended to assure the country that the WWI was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe. Other Allied countries did not like the 14 points as they were too easy on Germany. The speech became the basis for the terms of the German surrender as negotiated at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. The actual Treaty of Versailles had little to do with the Fourteen Points and so was never ratified by the US Senate.
Some of the Points Mr. Bruns wanted us to focus on were
- And end to secret treaties
- Freedom of the seas
- Free trade for all countries
- Disarmament
- End of colonial claims
Vittorio Orlando-Italy was the leader of France, I believe the WWI Era. After WWI, Russia had lost a large chunk of its land, which went on to form several countries, including Poland, Lithuania and much much more.
The Treaty of Versailles- Germany was reduced to 100,000 men; the army was not allowed tanks. Germany was also not allowed to have an airforce or submarines. The west of the Rhineland was made into a demilitarized zone. No German soldier or weapon was allowed into the zone. Financial consequences- The loss of vital industrial territory would be a severe blow to the German economy. Coal from the Saar and Upper Silesia in particular was a vital economic loss.
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