1. New Nations Formed after WWI

3. 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

4. Germany returns Alsace-Loraine to France
Had previously gained this territory in the Franco-Prussian War

5. 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