The Treaty of VersaillesMay of 1919

The Palace - Louis XIV

The Big Four -Really Three

• Wilson• Clemenceau• Orlando• Lloyd- George

Alsace Lorraine

Wilson

• 14 points– Self Determination

• Wilson – Suppressed nationalism• Historians – Extreme nationalism

– League of Nations– Does not want to punish Germany

Clemenceau

• Wants to make Germany pay billions• Wants to create a Rhineland Buffer State• Wants Alsace Lorraine• Wants to limit German Military

• Does not want League of Nations• Does not favor self-determination

David Lloyd-George

• Punish Germany- Pay Billions• “Squeeze the orange until the pip squeaks.”

• Doesn’t care either way for League Nations• Or self- determination• Or Rhineland Buffer State

What Wilson Gets

• Some Self-Determination• No Rhineland Buffer State

League of Nations

• But USA does not join• Wilson soon after has a massive stroke

France and Great Britain

• Takes back the Alsace and Lorraine• Severely limits the German Military• Article 231 “War Guilt Clause”• Article 233 “War Reparations Clause” 33bil• German Loss of colonial possessions• Jews recognized in Palestine 1917 Balfour

Declaration.

Source B

Self Determination- Smaller Weaker States Bordering Germany

What Italy Gets-A divided Austria Hungary

Germany After Treaty

Source B

Turkish Genocide Against Armenians

Turkish Genocide Against Armenians

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Turkish Genocide Against Armenians

Turkish Genocide Against ArmeniansDistricts & Vilayets of

Western Armenia in Turkey1914 1922

Erzerum 215,000 1,500

Van 197,000 500

Kharbert 204,000 35,000

Diarbekir 124,000 3,000

Bitlis 220,000 56,000

Sivas 225,000 16,800

     

Other Armenian-populated Sites in Turkey

   

Western Anatolia 371,800 27,000

Cilicia and Northern Syria 309,000 70,000

European Turkey 194,000 163,000

Trapizond District 73,390 15,000

Total2,133,19

0387,800