Use the webpage to make notes on the:
Verdicts on the Treaty of Versailles
If you are making written notes on file paper, COPY the following:
It is often claimed that the Treaty of Versailles was a failure. Many historians
say that the Treaty angered the Germans, and did not even satisfy the Big Three.
1. Woodrow Wilson, President of the USA
Read the text on the webpage, and follow the links, to make notes about what Wilson thought
about the treaty, particularly the following articles:
• article 231
• the German army set at 100,000 men and the German navy disbanded
• £6,600 reparations for the damage done during the war
• Germany lost Alsace-Lorraine, other land in Europe, and all her colonies
2. Georges Clemenceau, Prime Minister of France
Read the text on the webpage, and follow the links, to make notes about what Clemenceau
thought about the treaty, particularly the following articles:
• article 231
• the German army set at 100,000 men and the German navy disbanded
• £6,600 reparations for the damage done during the war
• Germany lost Alsace-Lorraine, other land in Europe, and all her colonies
• the Rhineland was to be demilitarised
3. David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of Britain
Read the text on the webpage, and follow the links, to make notes about what Lloyd George
thought about the treaty, particularly the following articles:
• article 231
• the German army set at 100,000 men and the German navy disbanded
• £6,600 reparations for the damage done during the war
• Germany lost Alsace-Lorraine, other land in Europe, and all her colonies
4. Verdicts on the Treaty
Read the section ‘Opinions’, and make notes on the difference opinions different people have
had about the Treaty, both at the time, and since:
Write your own opinion on the Treaty, listing the THREE TELLING FACTS which support
your view: