The Treaty of VersaillesLesson starter:

Summarise what each of the Big Three wanted at the Versailles Peace Conference.

Today we will learn more about the Treaty

of Versailles

Today we will…• Define the terms of the Treaty of

VersaillesI can…

• Create a replica of the Peace Treaty

• As we know, the ‘Big Three’ and people from other countries met in Paris in January 1919

• They wanted to draw up a Peace Treaty to stop any more wars

• The Big Three made up a treaty and gave it to Germany.

• If Germany rejected it, the war would start again

• On 28 June 1919, five years after the assassination at Sarajevo, two Germans signed the Treaty of Versailles in The Hall of Mirrors

• This was very humiliating for Germany

• Treaties were also signed with Austria Hungary and Germany’s allies

•America did not want Germany to be humiliated. •They wanted Germany to pay the winning countries some money. •They wanted to make peace in Europe

•FranceFrance wanted Germany to pay for all costs of the war

•They also wanted Germany to have their Army and Navy taken away

•This is called disarmament

•Britain wanted Germany to be punished also but not too harshly

•They wanted to take control of Germany’s Navy so they could not threaten Britain again

•Now we will learn what the Treaty of Versailles meant for Germany

Terms of the Treaty of Versailles

TerritoryGermany lost 13% of her land All her colonies were handed

over to other countries

DemilitarisationThe Rhineland was

demilitarisedThe Rhineland would be occupied by Allied troops

DisarmamentThe German Army reduced to

100,000Navy reduced to 6 battleships

Conscription was bannedThe Air Force was taken away

AnschlussGermany were banned from

joining up with Austria

War Guilt ClauseGermany had to accept all the

blame for the warThey had to say it was all their

fault

ReparationsSince Germany was blamed

for the war, they had to pay huge sums of money

to The Allies

£6600 million

Today we will…• Understand the terms of the Treaty

of Versailles