peace treaties that ended ww1

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

  • military provisions put in place, airforces not allowed, limits on the size of navy vessels and artillery, demilitarisation of the Rhineland

lays entire blame for war on Germany

  • Germany had to pay intense reparations, machinery, locomotives and shipping to be given to the allies, and large annual coal shipments had to be made to allies
  • Germany lost lots of territory and colonies that were handed to the allies

TREATY OF SAINT-GERMAIN

  • declared that Austro-Hungarian empire should be dissolved. Also accepted responsibility for starting war
  • had to recognise the idependence of Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland etc.
  • included war reparations towards the allies, and a union with Germany was forbidden
  • Austria was reduced to a small, landlocked country of 7 million

TREATY OF NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE

  • Western Thrace was handed to Greece, Southern Dobruju went to Romania and Macedonian territory became part of Yugoslavia
  • army got reduced, had to pay reparations
  • signed by Bulgaria

TREATY OF TRIANON

  • peace agreement that formally ended the war, signed by Hungary on 4 June 1920
  • regulated the status of an independent Hungarian state and defined its boarders. Put Hungary in the same situation as Austria
  • slovakia and ruthenia were given to Czechoslovakia, Croatia became a part of Yogoslavia and Transylvania was handed to Romainia
  • army reduced and had to pay reparations

TREATY OF SEVRES

  • marked the beginning of the end for the Ottoman Empire. Punitive in nature
  • limited the army, placed major restrictions on the Turkish navy and placed Turkey's financial affairs under allied control
  • wartime agreements meant that Britian would end up taking Palestine and Iraq, and France would take up Syria and Lebanon

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