New Nations Formed after WWI
Why did Russia lose land as well? Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Signed between Germany and Russia when Russia left WWI early Gave up territorial claims to Germany, which were then created into new states: Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania * Creation of an independent Poland
Germany returns Alsace-Loraine to France Had previously gained this territory in the Franco-Prussian War
The Mandate System Central Powers forced to give up their colonial holdings Ottoman Empire only retains Turkey, carved up and lost land in Southwest Asia Created mandates rather than independent nations Britain: Palestine and Iraq France: Syria and Lebanon