Treaty Of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles was agreed in June 1920, as the result of the Paris Peace Conference.

Negotiations were dominated by the ‘Big Three’:

• the USA represented by Woodrow Wilson
• Britain represented by Lloyd George
• France whose President was Clemenceau.

Main terms of the Treaty

• Germany were guilty of causing the First World War
• Germany must pay reparations of £6,600 million
• Germany was not allowed to unite with Austria
• Germany’s army was to be limited to 100,000 men
• Germany’s navy was severly limited and allowed no submarines
• The Rhineland was to be demilitarized
• The Saar was to be under French control
• Danzig was to be a free city
• Alsace-Lorraine was returned to France
• All German colonies were surrendered to the League of Nations

Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles under protest.

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Author: Mrs March