The treaty and fairness (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles
1919 peace treaty with Germany after WWI
Diktat
Diktat
Dictated peace; Germany couldn't negotiate terms
Wilson's Fourteen Points promised
Wilson's Fourteen Points promised
Fair & just post-war settlement
War guilt clause effect
War guilt clause effect
Germany forced to accept full responsibility for war
Germans displaced by new borders
Germans displaced by new borders
Approx. 6 million in new countries as minorities
Treaty of Sèvres demonstrated
Treaty of Sèvres demonstrated
Harsh terms were unenforceable & counterproductive
German reparations paid
German reparations paid
Only small fraction of what was owed
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Harsh 1918 treaty Germany imposed on Russia
Brest-Litovsk took from Russia
Brest-Litovsk took from Russia
Over 1/4 of population & agricultural land
1919 view of peace treaties
1919 view of peace treaties
Generally popular outside Germany
1930s view on Versailles
1930s view on Versailles
Harsh treatment blamed for creating extremism conditions
New nations instability examples
New nations instability examples
Yugoslavia war 1991; Czechoslovakia split 1993
Treaty of Versailles signed
Treaty of Versailles signed
June 1919
