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    TREATY

    OF
    GROUP 3

    VERSAILLES
    Qn.1 - Describe the peace
    treaties(treaty of Versailles)
    Treaty: This is a legal agreement between two or more parties, usually countries of
    governments, which formally ends a war between the two parties.

    The two main treaties signed during WW1 were the treaty of Versailles
    and the Armistice.
    VERSAILLES
    The treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919 at the
    Palace of Versailles in Paris at the end of WW1
    codified peace terms between Germany and the
    victorious Allies. The treaty held Germany solely
    responsible and imposedTserious penalties on the
    Germans including heavy reparations, loss of
    territory, e.t.c. It was signed on June 28, 1919 and
    went into effect January 10, 1920.
    Qn.2 - What were the main terms of the
    Germany was required treaty
    to of VersaillesGermany was denied
    pay reparations of $33 submarines, aircraft and
    billion. armored vehicles
    Germany had to give up all
    Germany was forbidden to its oversea territories like Germany’s army was
    join Austria, a former ally Poland, Belgium, e.t.c limited to 100,00 men
    again
    Germany’s navy could only
    build 6 battleships
    Effects in figures

    % of its European % of oversea territory % of what German


    territory Germany lost reparations at the time
    forfeited were in GDP
    Details
    • The treaty signing took place from • 5 treaties were drawn from the
    1919-1920(12 months) Paris Peace Conference with
    • 32 nations were to be represented but the treaty of Versailles being
    no one from defeated powers was the main one to deal with
    allowed Germany
    • All decisions regarding Germany were
    made by the big 3. (Georges • It is called the treaty of
    Celemenceau, Wilson Woodrow, and Versailles because of where it
    David Lloyd George ) was signed
    Political cartoons published in response to the treaty
    ARMISTICE
    • Signed on November 11, 1918 at 5.00a.m by France’s marshal
    Ferdinand Foch.
    • The treaty was a ceasefire that stopped the fighting on the western front while term
    of the permanent peace were discussed.

    • Many countries were at a point of scarcity due to them putting most of their money
    into the military. Weapons that were being used in countries like Germany, the defeats
    led to social unrest and revolution in the country. With a weakening military and no
    support on the home front, the Germans had to sign on the Allies terms
    TERMS
    Germany was to evacuate occupied
    territory in France and Belgium that they
    had occupied at the tart of the war. The
    allies 10 km east of the Rhine declared
    the rest of the Rhineland a demilitarized
    zone.

    An area where treaties forbade military


    installations, activities or personnel
    SOURCES..
    ..
    _. ww1.melinadruga.com Wikipedia
    www.creativecentenaries.org History.com
    X Library of congress research guides
    THE END...
    Leahannah, Joy
    and Jerry

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