The Impact of The Treaty of Versailles

The End of World War I

Devastation in Europe 1918 You will see a series of five original photographs from World War I. For each photograph quick write your reaction.

Allied Powers: Britain- 1.1 million France- 1.3 million

Russia- 2 million

Central Powers: Germany- 2 million Austria-Hungary-1 million

Total Military Deaths: 10 million Overall Death Totals: 16 million

Military Deaths: World War I

Treaty of Versailles Overview What were the major provisions of the Treaty of Versailles? What potential problems do you foresee with the peace treaty?

The Allies Meet to Discussion Post-War EuropeThe Big Three:

France, U.S. Great Britain meet at Versailles, France to decide on the post-WWI world

Great Britain and France want to punish Germany while Woodrow Wilson wants to help rebuild the defeated nations

Major Provisions

Germany losses Alsace-Lorraine and the west bank of the Rhine River to France

Germany surrenders all overseas colonies• Russia loses major territory on their western

border.• New nations are created: Finland, Poland, Estonia,

Lithuania, Austria, Hungary, Turkey, and some others.

• The Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires are destroyed.

• The Middle Eastern territories formally under control of the Ottomans are put under control of the British and French.

Territorial Losses

War Guilt and Reparations Germany takes solo responsibility for war

found in the “war guilt” clause Germany forced to pay overly high

reparations of $33 billion dollars by Britain and France as pay-back

Limits set in size of German armyGermany can not import or make weapons or

war materialsGermany can not build or buy submarines or

have an air force

Military Restrictions

International peace organization of 32 countries

Germany and Russia excludeWoodrow Wilson (president of the United

States during World War I) insisted the League of Nations be included in treaty

League of Nations was meant to help prevent another world war

The League of Nations