paris peace talks: the leaders
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A secondary school History 12 presentation.TRANSCRIPT
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The Playas
at the Paris Peace Talks
J Marshall 2009
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The Peace Process
• Opened 12 January, 1919 – Wilson was welcomed as a royal hero by the French
• 32 world leaders in total• 5 main allies: UK, USA, FR, Italy (Japan)
Wilson and Clemenceau represented the two poles of the Allied position
• 5 treaties; one per Central Power loser(we usually focus on Versailles)
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55 Different Peace Treaties
VersaillesVersailles = Germany = GermanySt Germain = Aus/HunSt Germain = Aus/Hun
Trianon = HungaryTrianon = HungaryNeully = BulgariaNeully = BulgariaServes = TurkeyServes = Turkey
(All named after Paris suburbs)(All named after Paris suburbs)
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President Woodrow Wilsonthe idealist
14 Points = USA war aims Father of the League of
Nations Nobel Peace Prize Treaty defeated by his
own Congress =
USAIsolationism
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David Lloyd GeorgeDavid Lloyd Georgethe pragmatistthe pragmatist
Public Image:Make ‘em pay!
Privately: a weak Germany may allow Bolshevism to spread
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Georges Clemenceauthe realist
• We must drive the Boche to his knees!
• They call me “Tiger”• Wilson is too
academic• If Germany can’t pay,
we’ll get to stay in the Rhineland.
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Vittorio Orlandothe indignant
• Hey Guys, what about me?…
Italy’s limited military ability in 1919
Tainted image from time in Triple Alliance