the treaty of versailles
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The Treaty of Versailles. Signed June 28, 1918. Chateau at Commecourt (France). How does seeing this image make YOU (as a Canadian of the 21 st century) feel? How would your reaction to the picture be different if you were a Frenchman/woman living in 1919?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Treaty of Versailles
Signed June 28, 1918
Chateau at Commecourt (France)
1. How does seeing this image make YOU (as a Canadian of the 21st century) feel?
2. How would your reaction to the picture be different if you were a Frenchman/woman living in 1919?
Aftermath of the Battle at Somme, France (nearly 60 000 British soldiers died in 1 day)
1. How does seeing this image make YOU (as a Canadian of the 21st century) feel?
2. How would your reaction to the picture be different if you were a Englishman/woman living in 1919?
It’s Payback time!
If you were a Canadian/ English/French or American citizen in 1919, would you want some kind of payback?
A. Think about the various costs of the war: death, injuries, disease, money, destruction of countryside and land
What would you demand as compensation from the Germans?
The Great War left… More than 16 million dead! 21 million injured. Left Europe in shambles. “The Lost Generation”
Versailles? Signed June 28, 1918 27 Nations attended, but 3 were most
important
The Big Four
The Big Four at Versailles
What did France Want?
George Clemenceau
Revenge
Security (so that Germany could never invade again)
Reparations (for damage done by German invasion of Northern France)
What did Britain Want?English public = very
anti-German
Lloyd George:
• Britain needs Germany to recover (for trade)
• Scared of the “disease from the East”
Lloyd George
What did America Want?
Woodrow Wilson
Did not have the support of the American public.
Set up League of Nations
Fulfillment of Fourteen Points
Punish Germany but not to completely destroy her.
Student Simulation
Terms of the Treaty
German de-militarization: Army reduced to 100,000
men No tanks No air force No submarines & battleships Rhineland de-militarized Allies occupy west bank of
Rhine for 15 years
Territorial Changes
What has changed?
Territorial Losses Germany lost all overseas colonies
Alcase-Lorraine given to France
Eupen and Malmedy to Belgium, North Schleswig to Denmark, Posen to Poland
Germany forbidden to unite with Austria
“The War Guilt Clause”
Germany accepts ALL responsibility for starting the
war!Question: Given what you already know about WWI, was this fair?
ReparationsGermany had to pay all the
damages caused by her armies during the war
US$ 31.4 billion ($ 442 billion in 2011)!!!!!!
German Reaction
What does this cartoon say about how Germany reacted to the terms?
What do you predict all of this did to
Germany?
Peace and Future Cannon Fodder
Political Cartoon of 1920 by Australian artist Will Dyson