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    The Treaty of Versailles - June 1919: French President, Georges Clemenceau

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    The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 established the terms of peace after World War I. Key points of contention among the French, British, American, German, and other delegations included whether Germany should lose land, the size of German military forces, reparations payments, and the formation of a new League of Nations organization. There were differing views on balancing punishment of Germany with preventing future conflict. The final terms aimed to weaken Germany while setting up new international structures, but left many parties unsatisfied.

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    The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 established the terms of peace after World War I. Key points of contention among the French, British, American, German, and other delegations included whether Germany should lose land, the size of German military forces, reparations payments, and the formation of a new League of Nations organization. There were differing views on balancing punishment of Germany with preventing future conflict. The final terms aimed to weaken Germany while setting up new international structures, but left many parties unsatisfied.

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    The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 established the terms of peace after World War I. Key points of contention among the French, British, American, German, and other delegations included whether Germany should lose land, the size of German military forces, reparations payments, and the formation of a new League of Nations organization. There were differing views on balancing punishment of Germany with preventing future conflict. The final terms aimed to weaken Germany while setting up new international structures, but left many parties unsatisfied.

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    The Treaty of Versailles – June 1919

    French President, Georges Clemenceau


    Most of the fighting took place on French soil. The
    French people lost 750,000 homes and more than
    1,500,000 (one and a half million) men. The French
    wanted to punish Germany and make sure that
    Germany was too weak to fight another war. They
    also wanted to get the land back that Germany
    had taken from France 50 years earlier.

    Germany took a place called ‘Alsace-Lorraine’ from France in 1871. Should it be


    returned to France, or should Germany keep it?

    The Rhineland is an area from which Germany can easily attack France. You are
    worried that if Germany is allowed to keep it as before, France will be in danger
    in the future. Should you try and stop Germany keeping an army there?

    American President, Woodrow Wilson


    The Americans did not suffer as much as Britain or France
    from the War.

    You have a plan to form a ‘League of Nations’, which will help


    countries to solve problems by encouraging them to talk
    together. Hopefully this will stop any future wars. Should all
    countries be allowed to join, or should those at fault for
    WWI be stopped from joining?

    You are worried that a German army may be the biggest danger to future world
    peace. You don’t want the treaty to be too harsh to them in case they are very
    angry, and seek revenge. Should you allow Germany to keep a full army, or
    order Germany to cut down drastically on all her armed forces?

    You guess that Germany and Austria may want to join to become one country.
    They share the same language and culture. Do you allow them to join as one
    country or not?
    British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George
    You want Germany to be punished but you also want
    Germany to remain quite strong. This is because you are
    worried that if Germany is too weak then communism (which you
    see as an enemy) might spread from Russia across the whole of
    Europe. This could lead to another terrible war. You also want
    to set up a group of countries who will work together to
    prevent any future wars.

    Britain had a very large empire and navy. You think that Germany’s empire and
    navy should be broken up as they might be a threat to your own.

    The war had brought massive destruction, especially to buildings and farmland in
    France. How could all this damage be repaired?

    German observers
    You are invited to observe the proceedings, and must sign the
    eventual Treaty on behalf of your country, but cannot take
    part in the decision-making. While you are observing, you are
    left to consider what the German people will think of the
    decisions being made.

    During the war, Germany’s borders were never crossed, and you made many
    advances into France and Allied Territory. Because of this, many German people
    think you did not lose the war, but just agreed to stop fighting. They think that
    you should not agree to anything that punishes you when you fought so well.

    However, by the end of the war, the German Army Chief decided that the
    German army could not fight any more. If the war had gone on, then the
    German army would have collapsed as they were unhappy and running out of
    supplies. This is why you signed the armistice agreement.

    Points for all:


    WW1 had cost 20 million lives. The world had never seen a war like it. How
    could future wars be prevented?

    Remember how the First World War started – you learnt the MAIN reasons
    (Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism), and the assassination of
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Those people who have lost so much during the war
    are angry and want to blame and punish someone for the war. Do you think
    your country is to blame? Who do you think should be punished and how?

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