1. The Treaty of Versailles
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2. Treaty of Versailles and Other settlements
This set of slides introduces students to the main terms in the Treaty of Versailles.
The treaty terms can be divided into 5 categories:
War Guilt Clause
Territorial Terms
Disarmament
Reparations
Others

3. Treaty of Versailles
War Guilt Clause

4. Treaty of Versailles
Territorial Terms

5. Treaty of Versailles
Disarmament

6. Treaty of Versailles
Reparations

7. Treaty of Versailles
Others

8. GUILTY War guilt clause
War guilt Germany had to accept total responsibility for causing the war
GUILTY
Why do you think Germany was forced to accept the war guilt clause?

9. Territorial terms

10. Territorial terms

11. Territorial terms

12. Territorial terms West Prussia to Poland (The Polish Corridor)
Upper Silesia to Poland

13. Territorial terms

14. Territorial terms

15. Territorial terms Alsace-Lorraine to France
Saar coal field to France for 15 years

16. Territorial terms

17. Territorial terms

18. Territorial terms North Schleswig to Denmark
Danzig became a free city under the League

19. Territorial terms

20. Territorial terms

21. Territorial terms

22. Territorial terms Germany and Austria were forbidden to unite
Germany lost all its overseas colonies in Asia and Africa
Rhineland became a demilitarised zone
Why was Germany not allowed to unite with Austria?
Why did Rhineland become a demilitarised zone?

23. Territorial terms The lost territories contained
15% of Germany's agricultural land
10% of Germany's industry
4 million Germans

24. NO NO Disarmament 100,000 6 battleships no U-boat no airforce no tanks
no artillery
no conscription NO

25. 6,600 million (not fixed until 1921)
Reparations
6,600 million (not fixed until 1921)
Reparations covered the war damage and the entire cost of fighting the war
Do you think Germany was able to pay the reparations?
Do you think the Allies had taken away Germany's ability to pay?
Why was such a huge sum of reparations imposed on Germany?

26. Other Settlements
Old empires of Austria-Hungary, Russia and Turkey were broken up.　New countries were created in Eastern Europe.
The League of Nations was set up. Members agreed on the principles of collective security and disarmament.

27. Discussion
If you were a German, what was your reaction towards the settlement?
If you were Woodrow Wilson / Lloyd George / Clemenceau, were you satisfied with the settlement?