Background of Treaty
Signed on 28 June 1919 in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles
Went into effect on 10 January 1920
Signed by nearly all the 32 victorious Allied and associated nations including France, United Kingdom, Italy and Japan
China never signed
Negotiated during the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 that ended World War I
It imposed disarmament, reparations, and territorial changes
Treaty established the League of Nations
Drafted by President Woodrow Wilson(US), Prime Minister David Lloyd George(UK), Premier Georges Clemenceau(France), Premier Vittorio Orlando(Italy)
These men were called the Big Four
Consequences
Terms dictated to Germany included a war guilt clause
Accepted responsibility as the aggressor in the war; pay reparations of £6,600 million
Boundaries of Germany and other parts of Europe were changed
Return the territories of Alsace and Lorraine to France and to place the Saarland under the supervision of the League of Nations until 1935
Territories were given to Belgium and Holland, and the nation of Poland was created from portions of German Silesia and Prussia.
Austro-Hungarian Empire was dismantled
Treaty reduced the German army to 100,000 troops
Limit its navy to 24 ships, with no submarines, naval personnel not to exceed 15,000
Prohibited Germany from manufacturing armored cars, tanks, submarines, airplanes, and poison gas
Rhine River (Rhineland) was established as a demilitarized zone
Effects
The lost land and huge reparations greatly angered many Germans
Germans felt bitter about “war guilt” in treaty which declared Germany solely responsible for war
May have contributed to the rise of German dictator Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party (1930)
Signed on 28 June 1919 in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles
Went into effect on 10 January 1920
Signed by nearly all the 32 victorious Allied and associated nations including France, United Kingdom, Italy and Japan
China never signed
Negotiated during the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 that ended World War I
It imposed disarmament, reparations, and territorial changes
Treaty established the League of Nations
Drafted by President Woodrow Wilson(US), Prime Minister David Lloyd George(UK), Premier Georges Clemenceau(France), Premier Vittorio Orlando(Italy)
These men were called the Big Four
Consequences
Terms dictated to Germany included a war guilt clause
Accepted responsibility as the aggressor in the war; pay reparations of £6,600 million
Boundaries of Germany and other parts of Europe were changed
Return the territories of Alsace and Lorraine to France and to place the Saarland under the supervision of the League of Nations until 1935
Territories were given to Belgium and Holland, and the nation of Poland was created from portions of German Silesia and Prussia.
Austro-Hungarian Empire was dismantled
Treaty reduced the German army to 100,000 troops
Limit its navy to 24 ships, with no submarines, naval personnel not to exceed 15,000
Prohibited Germany from manufacturing armored cars, tanks, submarines, airplanes, and poison gas
Rhine River (Rhineland) was established as a demilitarized zone
Effects
The lost land and huge reparations greatly angered many Germans
Germans felt bitter about “war guilt” in treaty which declared Germany solely responsible for war
May have contributed to the rise of German dictator Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party (1930)
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