New Nations Formed after WWI

Why did Russia lose land as well?

• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk– Signed between Germany and Russia when Russia

left WWI early– Gave up territorial claims to Germany, which were

then created into new states: Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania

* Creation of an independent Poland

- Germany returns Alsace-Loraine to France

- Had previously gained this territory in the Franco-Prussian War

The Mandate System

• Central Powers forced to give up their colonial holdings

• Ottoman Empire only retains Turkey, carved up and lost land in Southwest Asia– Created mandates rather than independent

nations– Britain: Palestine and Iraq– France: Syria and Lebanon