1. Paris Peace Settlements
Sean Corcoran and Christine Shin

2. Versailles Creation of the League of Nations
Germany must concede Eupen-Malmédy to Belgium, the Hultschin district to Czechoslovakia, and Poznan, West Prussia and Upper Silesia to Poland.
Saar, Danzig and Memel were given self determination by the League of Nations

3. Treaty of Versailles (cont)
Germany must return Alsace-Lorraine to France
Germany must give up all lands acquired in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (created the states of Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia)
15 year occupation of the Rhineland by the allies
All Germany overseas colonies became League of Nations Mandates
Danzig becomes a free city

4. Versailles (cont.) Article 231 – War Guilt Clause
Germany accepts complete responsibility for initiating WWI
Germany is liable for all damages and must pay reparations (£6,600 million)
Germany’s army limited to 100,000 men
(no conscription)
Germany’s navy limited to vessels under 100,000 tons
No submarine fleet

5. Versailles (cont) Germany was forbidden to maintain an air force
Ban on the union of Germany and Austria
Required trials against the Kaiser and other officials for war crimes
Most of them were acquitted
Called the Liepzig trials, seen as a sham

6. Versailles (cont.)
German government and people referred to the treaty as Diktat, or dictated peace
The treaty didn’t cause the problems from pre-WWI
Treaty harmed the ability of European countries to work together

7. Versailles (cont)
Losing powers made it a part of their foreign policy to NOT follow the treaty
Created the Weimar government in Germany and got rid of the Kaiser

8. Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye
September 1919
Treaty between the allies and Austria
Formally dissolved the Austro-Hungarian empire
Recognized the independence of Yugoslavia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary

9. Treaty of St. Germain (cont)
Galicia was given to Poland
Bukovina was given to Romania
Bohemia and Moravia were given to Czechoslovakia
South Tyrol, Trieste, Trentino, Istria, and some of the Dalmatian Islands were given to Italy

10. Treaty of St. Germain (cont)
Austria could not unite politically or economically with Germany
Austria was forbidden to go by the name “German Austria”
Austrian army was limited to 30,000 men

11. Treaty of St. Germain (cont)
Austria must pay reparations
Starting in May 1921, must pay for 30 years
Austria never actually paid reparations except in farm animals (cows and bulls to Italy, Romania, and Yugoslavia)
Treaty left Austria land locked and with just 1/5 of its previous population and ¼ of its land area

12. Treaty of Trianon June 1920 Treaty between the allies and Hungary
Acknkowledged the dissolving of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
75% of Hungary’s land was lost and it became a landlocked nation

13. Treaty of Trianon (cont)
It was not given self determination and many Hungarians were put into other countries
Lost most of her resources such as iron ores
Vienna, where all of Hungarian banking took place, was now outside of its borders

14. Treaty of Trianon (cont)
Slovakia and Ruthenia were given to Czechoslovakia
Transylvania was given to Romania
Burgenland was given to Austria
Slovenia and Croatia were given to Yugoslavia

15. Treaty of Trianon (cont)
Hungarian army is reduced to 35,000 men with no conscription
Hungary could not have a navy or an air force
Hungary was against the treaty and flew their flags at half mast until 1938 on government buildings because of it

16. Treaty of Neuilly November 1919 Treaty between the allies and Bulgaria
Western Thrace was given to Greece
Dobrudja was given to Romania

17. Treaty of Neuilly (cont)
Northern Macedonia was given to Yugoslavia
Reparations were required (£100 million)
Bulgaria legally recognizes Yugoslavia (former Serbia)
Bulgarian army limited to 20,000 men

18. Treaty of Sevres August 1920 Treaty between the allies and Turkey
The Straits of Dardanelles would be controlled by the allies
The British took over Iraq

19. Treaty of Serves (cont)
Saudi Arabia gained independence
Turkey lost rights to Sudan and Libya
Eastern Thrace and some of the Aegean islands were given to Greece
Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Syria became League of Nations mandates

20. Treaty of Sevres (cont)
Kingdom of Hejaz given autonomy
Contained Mecca and Medina
Armenia given autonomy
Dodecanese islands were given to Italy
Failed to create Kurdistan
Ottoman army limited to 50,000 men

21. Treaty of Sevres (cont)
Air force was forbidden, Navy limited to 13 boats
Allies could supervise the Ottoman military
Control of finances and the Ottoman economy were handed over to the allies
Ottoman Empire is forbidden to have economic collaboration with any of the members of the triple alliance
Turkey rejected the treaty

22. Treaty of Lausanne 1923 Amended the treaty of Sevres
Expelled the Greeks
Turkey recovered Eastern Thrace, the Aegean Islands, Smyrna, and a strip of land along the Syrian border
No reparations
No limitation on Turkish military establishments outside the Zone of the Straits

23. Works Cited
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