June 28, 1919 WWI ENDS
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summary
THIS TREATY ENDED WORLD WAR I. "THE NEGOTIATIONS REVEALED A SPLIT BETWEEN THE FRENCH, WHO WANTED TO DISMEMBER GERMANY TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR IT TO RENEW WAR WITH FRANCE, AND THE BRITISH AND AMERICANS WHO DID NOT WANT TO CREATE PRETEXTS FOR A NEW WAR. THE EVENTUAL TREATY INCLUDED FIFTEEN PARTS AND 440 ARTICLES" (A&E TELEVISION NETWORKS, LLC., 2016).
Territory sought, lost, gained
-GERMANY RETURNED ALSACE-LORRAINE TO FRANCE.
-BELGIUM RECEIVED EUPEN AND MALMEDY.
-LEAGUE OF NATIONS TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INDUSTRIAL SAAR REGION FOR 15 YEARS.
-DENMARK RECEIVED NORTH SCHLESWIG.
-GERMAN MILITARY WERE BANNED FROM RHINELAND.
-POLAND RECEIVED PART OF WEST PRUSSIA AND SILESIA FROM GERMANY.
-CZECHOSLOVAKIA RECEIVED THE HULTSCHIN DISTRICT FROM GERMANY.
-LEAGUE OF NATIONS MADE DANZIG A FREE CITY.
-LITHUANIA RECEIVED MEMEL.
-OVERALL, "GERMANY FORFEITED 13 PERCENT OF ITS EUROPEAN TERRITORY (MORE THAN 27,000 SQUARE MILES) AND ONE-TENTH OF ITS POPULATION (BETWEEN 6.5 AND 7 MILLION PEOPLE)."
-BELGIUM RECEIVED EUPEN AND MALMEDY.
-LEAGUE OF NATIONS TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INDUSTRIAL SAAR REGION FOR 15 YEARS.
-DENMARK RECEIVED NORTH SCHLESWIG.
-GERMAN MILITARY WERE BANNED FROM RHINELAND.
-POLAND RECEIVED PART OF WEST PRUSSIA AND SILESIA FROM GERMANY.
-CZECHOSLOVAKIA RECEIVED THE HULTSCHIN DISTRICT FROM GERMANY.
-LEAGUE OF NATIONS MADE DANZIG A FREE CITY.
-LITHUANIA RECEIVED MEMEL.
-OVERALL, "GERMANY FORFEITED 13 PERCENT OF ITS EUROPEAN TERRITORY (MORE THAN 27,000 SQUARE MILES) AND ONE-TENTH OF ITS POPULATION (BETWEEN 6.5 AND 7 MILLION PEOPLE)."
psychological eFfects"THE GERMAN STATE WAS NOT EXPECTED TO LOSE THE WAR. WHEN THE DUST SETTLED AND THE HARSH REALITY OF DEFEAT WAS MADE CLEAR, THE GERMAN PEOPLE WERE DUMBFOUNDED. IT WAS A MILITARY DEFEAT, BUT ALSO A PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFEAT FOR THE GERMAN STATE" History.usb.edu (2003).
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POLITICAL EFFECTSGERMANY CONCLUDED THAT THE TREATY, "UNDERMINED AND ISOLATED GERMAN DEMOCRATIC LEADERS. PARTICULARLY DELETERIOUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE HARSH PROVISIONS OF VERSAILLES WAS THE RAMPANT CONVICTION AMONG MANY IN THE GENERAL POPULATION THAT GERMANY HAD BEEN 'STABBED IN THE BACK' BY THE 'NOVEMBER CRIMINALS'-THOSE WHO HAD HELPED TO FORM THE NEW WEIMAR GOVERNMENT AND BROKER THE PEACE WHICH GERMANS HAD SO DESPARATELY WANTED BUT WHICH ENDED SO DISASTROUSLY IN VERSAILLES" United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (n.d.).
economic effectsTRADE WAS LIMITED BECAUSE GERMANY COULD NOT IMPORT OR EXPORT INDUSTRIAL GOODS. GERMANY ALSO HAD TO PAY REPARATIONS AFTER THE WAR AND GIVE AWAY LAND, WHICH GREATLY AFFECTED THE ECONOMY. GERMANY LOST ITS POSITION AS THE "SECOND MOST ADVANCED NATION IN THE WORLD."
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long term impact on nation'S culture & SOCIETY
GERMANY'S ONCE FLOURISHING ECONOMY AND POLITICAL STANDPOINT CONTINUED TO SUFFER UNTIL GERMANY WAS IN A GREAT RECESSION. THERE WERE HIGH LEVELS OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN GERMANY BECAUSE THE MILITARY WAS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. GERMANY COULD NOT PAY THE REPARATIONS, SO FRANCE INVADED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY'S GOODS AND SERVICES.
REFERENCES: jaimie gaffney
The Peace Treaty of Versailles
A&E Television Networks, LLC. (2016). Treaty of Versailles. Retrieved on June 24, 2016 from http://www.history.com/topics/world-i/treaty-of-versailles
Territory Sought, Lost, Gained
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (n.d.). German Territorial Losses, Treaty of Versailles, 1919. Retrieved on June 24, 2016 from https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/media_nm.php?MediaId=1620
Psychological Effects
History.usb.edu. (2003). Signing of the Versailles Treaty. Retrieved on June 24, 2016 from http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/33d/projects/1920s/CarlosTreaty.htm
Political Effects
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (n.d.). German Territorial Losses, Treaty of Versailles, 1919. Retrieved on June 24, 2016 from https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/media_nm.php?MediaId=1620
Long Term Impact on the Nation's Culture and Society
London Jewish Cultural Centre. (2011). Economic effects of the Treaty of Versailles. Retrieved on June 24, 2016 from http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks4/the-nazi-rise-to-power/the-German-economy-c-1919-29/economic-effects-of-the-treaty-of-versailles/#V261i_krLIU
Header Image: http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/bellenglise/versailles.php
A&E Television Networks, LLC. (2016). Treaty of Versailles. Retrieved on June 24, 2016 from http://www.history.com/topics/world-i/treaty-of-versailles
Territory Sought, Lost, Gained
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (n.d.). German Territorial Losses, Treaty of Versailles, 1919. Retrieved on June 24, 2016 from https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/media_nm.php?MediaId=1620
Psychological Effects
History.usb.edu. (2003). Signing of the Versailles Treaty. Retrieved on June 24, 2016 from http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/33d/projects/1920s/CarlosTreaty.htm
Political Effects
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (n.d.). German Territorial Losses, Treaty of Versailles, 1919. Retrieved on June 24, 2016 from https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/media_nm.php?MediaId=1620
Long Term Impact on the Nation's Culture and Society
London Jewish Cultural Centre. (2011). Economic effects of the Treaty of Versailles. Retrieved on June 24, 2016 from http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks4/the-nazi-rise-to-power/the-German-economy-c-1919-29/economic-effects-of-the-treaty-of-versailles/#V261i_krLIU
Header Image: http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/bellenglise/versailles.php