Post WW I

Wilson’s Plan for Peace

14 Points Speech to Congress Jan 1918Just and lasting peace

Points 1-4No secret treatiesFreedom of the seasFree tradeReduction of armed forces

Fifth PointAdjustment of coloniesFairness toward colonial

people

Points 6 - 13Change bordersCreate new nationsSelf-determination

people decided under which government they wish to live

14th PointOrganization to peacefully negotiate solutions to world conflicts

Treaty of VersaillesBig Four

Wilson – USAClemenceau – FranceLloyd George – Great BritainOrlando – Italy

No RussiaNo Central Power Reps.

Versailles cont.Disagreements amongst Big 4

Wilson – peaceClemenceau - punishment

Versailles cont.Major Provisions

1.League of Nations2.Territorial losses3.Military restrictions4.War Guilt

League of NationsInternational peace organizationGermany and Russia excluded

Territorial LossesGermany returns Alsace-Lorraine to France

Germany surrenders all overseas colonies

Military RestrictionsLimits size of German army

(1000 men)Germany prohibited from

importing or manufacturing weapons

Germany forbidden to build submarines or have an air force

War GuiltGermany accepts full blame for warReparations

Pay allies $33 Billion over 30 years

New NationsAustro-Hungarian Empire

AustriaHungaryCzechoslovakiaYugoslavia

New Nations cont.Ottoman Empire

TurkeyIraq

RussiaRomaniaPolandFinland Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Successful?USA rejected treaty

Stay out of European affairs

Left Germany bitter and angryPeople in mandated areas felt

angry at way treatedLeague of Nation no real powerAllies did not gain land hoped to