This is about the History and what caused there to be a Treaty pf Versailles to form. This is some of my GCSE year 10 work about WW1. This is written in bullet points. I Hope you found this helpful.
History of Versailles
Who were the ‘Big Three at the Versailles Peace
Conference?
By the end of the lesson, you will:
1. Recall the work you did on the aftermath of World War 1
2. Understand what the nature of the Peace Settlement of Versailles.
3. Understand who was present at the conference, which country they represented,
their aims, and approach towards Germany.
What was the Peace Settlement of Versailles?
11th Nov 1918 – guns on western front fell silent and an armistice declared
2 months later the leader of the victorious powers (US, Br, Fr and It) met in Paris to discuss
what was to be done with Gr, Au, Hu, Trk and Big.
5 separate suburbs of Paris used for different countries
Palace of Versailles – Gr
St. Germain – Au
Sevres – Trk
Neuilly – Big
Trianon – Hu
All the Treaties were controversial – much of which was due to
the firmly held views of the central leaders and their countries
The palace of Versailles was deliberately chosen by Fr
Fr and Gr had been at war with each other in the Franco – Prussian War of 1870
France had lost and r declared their new German Empire from Versailles just to
annoy Fr. So, Fr did the same to Gr in 1919
Clemencau
83 years old
He wanted revenge and so did the people of Fr
To take revenge on Gr
1914 invasion
2/3 of the soldier’s casualties, Fr 1.4 mil died, lost
17% of their men.
Defeat at Verdun – 1 mil men lost
Cost to Fr of land damage – cost Fr $24 million
To make it impossible for Gr to invade again
Memory of Fr – Pr in 1870
Reduce Gr strength particularly mil
Protect Gr/Fr border
Woodrow Wilson
He is very complex. In terms of Europe was very free thinking.
But he mainly didn’t want to pay tax for Europe to ‘bail Europe
out’. He did hate Britain at the time as he was still against
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