Monday, March 10th

[1Sam]

What was the Treaty of Versailles?

• treaty that ended the war

Who was there?

• US
• Great Britain
• France
• Italy

What were the major parts of it and other treaties?

• Austria was dismantled.
• Russia lost land
• Countries that came about after WWI
  • Finland
  • Estonia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Poland
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Yugoslavia
• Punishment of Germany
  • Territory
    • Lost land to
      • France
      • Belgium
      • Denmark
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Poland
      • Germany also lost their colonies overseas
      • Germany had to give land back to Russia
  • Military
    • Germany's army was reduced to 100,000 men; the army was not allowed to have tanks.
    • No airforce
    • Limited naval size
    • The Rhineland (between France and Germany) was a demilitarized zone. Germany could have no troops. The Allies kept an army of occupation in that area for 15 years.
  • Financial
    • Germany had to pay $33 bullion to the Allies (GB/France).
    • Germany was not allowed to join with Austria
    • They lost vital industrial territory. 
  • General
    • Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war
    • The League of Nations was established. 

What did the US do with the treaty?

• We never signed the treaty.
• Congress didn't like it.
• Congress was very concerned about the League of Nations.
• They thought that they would get pulled into European wars all the time.
• They thought that the League of Nations was going to be above them. They thought they were going to replace them in the government. 
• We signed a separate peace agreement with Germany.