1. The Treaty of Versailles - 1919
LO: To understand the difficulties in creating a peace treaty after WW1
STARTER:
Using the picture:
Finish off the sentence starter using the key words
(It does matter if you are wrong)
Contract – 1919 – peace – Germany – France – Britain – America
The Treaty of Versailles was…
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2. Armistice? An end to fighting.
Signed: 5:12 – 5:20am, 11 November 1918, in a railway carriage in Compiegne, France.
Guns to stop 6 hours later: 11am, 11/11/1918.

4. The war ended in 1918 – but how did it affect the world?
Nation
Total Number of servicemen engaged in the war.
Number of deaths.
Number of soldiers wounded.
Number of men taken prisoner or reported missing.
Austria
7,800,000
1,200,000
3,620,000
2,200,000
Britain (inc Empire)
8,904,467
908,371
2,090,212
191,652
France
8,410,000
1,357,800
4,266,000
537,000
Germany
11,000,000
1,773,700
4,216,058
1,152,800
Italy
5,615,000
650,000
947,000
600,000
Russia
12,000,000
1,700,000
4,950,000
2,500,000
Turkey
2,850,000
325,000
400,000
250,000
United States
4,355,000
126,000
234,300
4,500

5. Following WW1 How do you think the following countries felt. 1
Following WW1 How do you think the following countries felt? 1. Britain (David Lloyd George) 2. France (George Clemenceau) 3. USA (Woodrow Wilson) 4. Germany

6. Treaty of Versailles
In January 1919 the France, USA and Britain met at the Palace of Versailles near Paris to sort it all out Germany was not allowed to attend

7. Guilt - find some one to blame
Aims of the Treaty of Versailles
Guilt - find some one to blame
Armed forces to be dealt with in Germany
Reparations - who has to pay
German territories - what to do
LEague of Nations to be formed

8. CREATE YOUR OWN TREATY:
On each desk there is an unfinished copy of the Treaty of Versailles
There are also four cards with the 4 countries and what they want
You must try to come to a conclusion about how you will deal with the problems facing the Allies after WW1
You should not move to the next clause until ALL the countries agree and sign

9. German Politicians: What you want
Your country is in a mess
You are broke from a war that you lost AND you definitely cannot afford to carry on
The people in your country are violently protesting as they are starving and want the war to end
You are in no position to argue with the Allies as you cannot afford to go back into war

10. David Lloyd George (Britain): What you want
Millions of people in your country have died
You want Germany to pay for this
The people in your country who vote for you also want Germany to pay
You do not want another war like this to happen again
If Germany do not do as you say you will declare war again

11. George Clemenceau (France): What you want?
Millions of people in your country have died
Your country is completely destroyed
The people in your country who vote for you want Germany to pay
Germany is right next to you and you are scared of a similar attack in the future
You do not want another war like this to happen again
If Germany do not do as you say you will declare war again

12. Woodrown Wilson (USA): What you want?
You are very far from Europe and want peace
You want the powers in Europe to get along and reach a compromise
You are not interested in getting involved in
European politics
If Germany do not do as you say you will declare war again

13. Aims of the Treaty of Versailles:
Guilt
WHO IS TO BLAME? Who will accept the “war guilt”?:
______________________________________
Signed: ______________________________

14. Aims of the Treaty of Versailles:
Armed Forces in Germany:
What will happen to Germany’s air force?
______________________________________
What will happen to Germany’s navy?
What will happen to Germany’s army?
Signed: ______________________________

15. Aims of the Treaty of Versailles:
Reparations:
Who will pay for the cost of the war:
______________________________________
How much should they pay?
Signed: ______________________________

16. Aims of the Treaty of Versailles:
German Territories:
Germany rules over many other colonies such as places in Africa and the Pacific Islands
What should happen to these places?
______________________________________
Signed: ______________________________

17. Aims of the Treaty of Versailles:
LEague of Nations to be formed
This was formed to try and solve any arguments by discussion and not war
Who will join?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Signed: ______________________________

18. Germany accepts full responsibility for war.
German army cut to 100,000 soldiers (that’s really small)
German Navy only allowed six battle ships
No air force
League of nations was set up.
It was hoped that countries would talk rather than fight
Germany had to pay money (reparations) of 6600 million pounds
Article 231 of the treaty said ‘Germany accepts responsibility for causing all the loss and damage’
Germany was required to pay compensation for all the damage caused
No submarines
Read the statements above and separate them into Land, Army, Money, Blame.

19. The Treaty of Versailles – GARGLE!
Guilt – Germany accepted full blame for the war -- the ‘War Guilt Clause’, Article Germany rejected it as too harsh Army – army 100,000 men, no submarines, no aeroplanes, 6 battleships Reparations – £6,600 million (£217 billion in 2011!) Germany lost land – e.g. Alsace-Lorraine to France Germany kept Rhineland, but had to stay demilitarised. League of Nations set up Extra points – banned from union with Austria

25. The Actual Treaty Germany had to accept guilt for the war
Germany were allowed no air force, a tiny army and no submarines. No German soldiers were allowed near France
Germany had to pay 6,600 million pounds in reparation repayments
Germany had to hand over ALL colonies to Britain and France
Germany was NOT ALLOWED to join the League of Nations and the USA refused to join
Germany had no choice but to accept these conditions as if they refused they would have to continue with a war

26. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCk2x-U9_Qk When did WW1 end?
Reparation repayments were £____billion
They were not allowed a…
Army Navy Airforce
Germany were…
Overjoyed Not very happy Happy

27. The Treaty of Versailles
If I was German I would be most angry about _____________________________________
This is because _____________________________________
I think the consequences of the Treaty of Versailles will be
_________________________________________________
If I could change history and rewrite the Treaty of Versailles I would change