End of WWI & The Peace Settlements
Paris Peace Conference I. Important Dates Armistice 11/11/1918 @ 11 a.m. Paris Peace Conference January 1919
II. What factors contributed to the end of WWI? war weariness strikes in Germany Russian Revolution US entry 2nd Battle of the Marne
III. What happened in the German Revolution of 1918? Events July 1917: moderates pass “peace resolution” July 1918: 2nd Battle of the Marne Oct: kaiser forms new gov’t. to sue for peace Nov: working class / army revolts German Empire Kaiser Wilhelm II ***overthrow kaiser*** ***establish Weimar Republic*** (Nov. 9) Weimar Republic Friedrich Ebert
III. What happened in the German Revolution of 1918? Who gained power liberals & socialists [Social Democrats] communists unsuccessful Friedrich Ebert Karl Liebknecht Rosa Luxemburg
III. How will the German Revolution of 1918 open the door for Hitler? Weimar Republic signs armistice & Versailles Treaty = blamed for accepting defeat
IV. Paris Peace Conference 27 nations (no Germany or Russia) Big Four Lloyd George (GB) Clemenceau (Fr) Wilson (US) Orlando (It) Lloyd George, Orlando, Clemenceau, Wilson
IV. Paris Peace Conference Agendas of the Big Three Wilson: just peace 14 Points: self-determination & League of Nations Lloyd George: moderate peace voter pressure for harsh peace Clemenceau: harsh peace Franco-Prussian War (1871) – harsh peace
IV. Paris Peace Conference 5 treaties Versailles (Germany) St. Germain (Austria) Trianon (Hungary) Sèvres, 1920 / Lausanne, 1923 (Turkey) Neuilly (Bulgaria) 2 main issues territorial changes based on self-determination reparations
V. Treaty of Versailles (28 June 1919) Terms military land war guilt reparations ($33b) US did not ratify Henry Cabot Lodge League of Nations
VI. Postwar Territorial Changes Germany
Which countries in Europe were born out of WWI? Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Bessarabia (Moldova)
Which countries in the ME were born out of WWI? Lebanon, Syria (France) Palestine, Transjordan, Iraq (GB) Turkey (ind.)
League of Nations Mandates (Middle East & Africa) French Mandate of Syria French Mandate of Lebanon British Mandate of Palestine British Mandate of Transjordan British Mandate of Iraq British Togoland French Togoland British Cameroon French Cameroon Ruanda-Urundi Tanganyika South-West Africa
Was the Versailles Treaty a just peace????