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Meeting of Allied Powers (No Central Powers)
to determine post-war arrangements.
◦ Georges Clemenceau, France
◦ Lloyd George, Great Britain
◦ Woodrow Wilson, United States
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British blockade created urgency to make
arrangements
Threatened to restart war if treaties were not
followed
David Lloyd George
Georges Clemenceau
Woodrow Wilson
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June 28, 1919
Purpose: decrease military potential of Central
powers
Took away lands like Alsace-Lorrain (France)
West Prussia( Poland)
Conditions for Germany:
◦ Accept responsibility and guilt for starting the war
◦ Not allowed to have navy or air force and an army of
only 100,000
◦ No union with Austria
◦ Pay for cost of war and pay reparations to Allies in either
money or goods such as land
◦ Give back land taken in Brest-Litovisk Treaty to Russia
Meeting of Allied Powers during the creation of the Treaty of Versailles
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Created (Wilson’s 14 Points) to prevent the
world from returning to total conflict
Based in Switzerland because of their
neutrality in the war
America refused to join the League because
of their isolationism ideals
Germany and Russia were not allowed to join
Failed to stop conflicts in Turkey, Italy,
Russia, Lithuania and Germany
Created mandate system- “Prepare natives for
self-government” Rewarded spoils to Allies
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Treaty of Neuilly (1919)- Bulgaria ceeded
portions of territory
Treaty of St. Germain (1919) and Treaty of
Trianon ( 1920)- Allies recognize the breakup of Austrian-Hungarian Empire
Treaty of Sevres (1920)- end of Ottoman
Empire and led to foreign control of that
region
Treaty of Lausanne (1923)- Allied powers
recognized Republic of Turkey as separate
entity from Ottoman Empire
Before and After the Treaties at the end of WWI
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Deaths
◦ War conflicts killed at least 15 million people and
wounded 20 million
◦ Millions more died in following years from
starvation, malnutrition, diseases
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End of Western completely superiority
Great Depression
New ideas in religion, architecture, art,
physics, physiology
Huge lasting tension (Germany)
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