the treaty of versailles signed june 28, 1918. chateau at commecourt (france) 1.how does seeing this...
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Chateau at Commecourt (France)
1. How does seeing this image make YOU (as a Canadian of the 21st century) feel?
2. How would your reaction to the picture be different if you were a Frenchman/woman living in 1919?
Aftermath of the Battle at Somme, France (nearly 60 000 British soldiers died in 1 day)
1. How does seeing this image make YOU (as a Canadian of the 21st century) feel?
2. How would your reaction to the picture be different if you were a Englishman/woman living in 1919?
It’s Payback time!
If you were a Canadian/ English/French or American citizen in 1919, would you want some kind of payback?
A. Think about the various costs of the war: death, injuries, disease, money, destruction of countryside and land
What would you demand as compensation from the Germans?
The Great War left…
More than 16 million dead!
21 million injured.
Left Europe in shambles.
“The Lost Generation”
What did France Want?
George Clemenceau
Revenge
Security (so that Germany could never invade again)
Reparations (for damage done by German invasion of Northern France)
What did Britain Want?
English public = very anti-German
Lloyd George:
• Britain needs Germany to recover (for trade)
• Scared of the “disease from the East”
Lloyd George
What did America Want?
Woodrow Wilson
Did not have the support of the American public.
Set up League of Nations
Fulfillment of Fourteen Points
Punish Germany but not to completely destroy her.
Terms of the Treaty
German de-militarization:
Army reduced to 100,000 men
No tanks
No air force
No submarines & battleships
Rhineland de-militarized
Allies occupy west bank of Rhine for 15 years
Territorial Losses Germany lost all overseas colonies
Alcase-Lorraine given to France
Eupen and Malmedy to Belgium, North Schleswig to Denmark, Posen to Poland
“The War Guilt Clause”
Germany accepts ALL responsibility for starting the
war!Question: Given what you already know about WWI, was this fair?
Reparations
Germany had to pay all the damages caused by her armies
during the war
US$ 31.4 billion ($ 442 billion in 2011)
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