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Why did the victors not get everything they wanted? - Coggle Diagram
Why did the victors not get everything they wanted?
Successes for the United States
League of Nations formed
the collapse of Austro-Hungarian, Russian and German Empires enabled many successor nations to be created; Poland, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were created
all parties agreed the League of Nations should be included in all five treates
Germany would still remain a reasonably powerful country
Failures for the United States
free navigation of seas was not accepted by Britain since their navy was needed to protect their empire
German colonies were ruled on behalf of the League of Nations by Great Britain and France which didn't follow self-determination
Congress in the United States voted against the Treaty of Versailles and he wasn't able to join the League of Nations
thought reparations were too big
only defeated countries disarmed
Successes for France
Alsace Lorraine was regained
largest portion of reparations went to them, used to rebuild France and pay off debts to Britain and US
Rhineland as a buffer zone and guarded with Allied troops
articles at Versailles ensured Germany wouldn't be strong enough to start another war
got some German colonies as mandates to manage on behalf of the League of Nations
Germany had lost land and resources which made reduced their economic and military capicity
Failtures for France
An Anglo-American treaty that made the UK and US support France if Germany attacked again was eliminated when the Congress voted against the Treaty of Versailles this was because Britain wouldn't help France without US support
wanted and independent, not demilitarised, Rhineland
Successes for Britain
Britan's Empire grew because some of Germany's colonies became mandates for it to manage on behalf of the League of Nations
Germany's navy was destroyed when they scuttled their own fleet at Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919
Failitures for Britain
found the treaty was too harsh on Germany, especially with reparations as he thought Germany's slow economic recovery would hurt Britain and Europe