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Treaty of Versailles - Coggle Diagram
Treaty of Versailles
Terms of the Treaty of Versailles
War Guilt Clause
Reparations
Disarmament
Territory
Covenant of League of Nations
Motives and aims of the Big Three At Versailles
France (George Clemencau, hard-headed, tough uncompromising politician and also known as the Tiger.)
Primary Concern was to ensure security of France
Permanent disarmament of German's army navy air force
Very high level of reparations
Return of Alsace-Lorraine, Saar Basin and a significant portion of German's former colonies to France. Rhineland to be formed an independent state
The United States (Woodrow Wilson, idealist.)
Wilson's Fourteen Points wanted as a base of the treaty
Fourteen Points included self determination for Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, reduction of armaments for all countries, no secret treaties, etc.
Covenant of League of Nations
Britain (David Lloyd George, a dynamic, persuasive and unconventional politician.)
View in December 1918
Suffered direct attacks on mainland and German naval ships bombarded coastal towns.
Heavy causalities
Economy disrupted
France's eastern frontier was Britain's outer defense
View in January 1919
Economic well being of Britain depended upon the economic revival of Germany
Germany with no Rhineland would affect Germany buying Britain's goods in the future
Very high reparation figure would not allow Germany to recover fast
A harsh treaty could rise to sense of intense grievance
Reaction of the nations to the Treaty of Versailles terms
France
Lot of territory gained
Major recipient of France's reparations
A step forward to achieve France's security
Germany deprive of population, land, resources, economic power and military capacity
Anglo-American Territory (Britain and United States would commit to France's assistance if Germany invaded the country)
The United States
Covenant of the League of Nations
Disarmament
Rhineland not being made into an independent state
Not a high reparation figure
Successor states
Navigation of seas abandoned
Mandated Territories
Great Britain
Persuaded Clemencau to adopt a more moderate approach
Extended colonies
Empire at it's peak