the impact of the treaty of versailles. you will see a series of five original photographs from...
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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
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