Summary
THE TREATY OF NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE WAS SIGNED BY BULGARIA AND THE ALLIED POWERS AT THE END OF WORLD WAR I. BESIDES TERRITORIAL REPARATIONS, IT REQUIRED BULGARIA TO REDUCE IT'S ARMY AND PAY £100 MILLION TO THE ALLIES
BulgariA |
November 1919 |
ALLIED POWERS |
ReQuirements
- FORFEIT WESTERN THRACE TO THE TRIPLE ENTENTE.
- CEDE 2,563 sq. km. (900 sq. mi.) ON ITS WESTERN BORDER WITH THE KINGDOM OF SERBS, CROATS, AND SLOVENES (YUGOSLAVIA)
- GIVE BACK TO DOBRUJA, WHICH ACCORDING TO THE TREATY OF BUCHAREST WAS GIVEN SOME TO BULGARIA AND SOME TO THE CENTRAL POWERS (who later transferred this joint control to Bulgeria then Romania, thus restoring the border set by the Treaty of Bucharest).
- CUT ARMY DOWN TO 20,000 MEN
- TO PAY REPARATIONS OF £100 MILLION
- TO RECOGNIZE THE EXISTENCE OF THE KINGDOM OF SERBS, CROATS, AND SLOVENES.
psychological effects: THE 2nd national catastrophE
BULGARIA GAVE UP LARGE CHUNKS OF ITS TERRITORY WHICH CAUSED DEPRESSION AND POOR MORALE DESPITE THE INCREDIBLE INVESTMENT OF NATIONAL RESOURCES AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE CENTRAL POWERS. THE HUGE REPARATIONS REQUIRED CRUSHED BULGARIA'S ALREADY WEAKENED ECONOMY. IT WAS CALLED THE 2ND NATIONAL CATASTROPHE.
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econOmic effectsREPARATIONS ADDED TO BULGARIA'S POVERTY FOR YEARS TO COME.
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political effectsGIVING UP THE WESTERN THRACE GAVE GREECE THE TERRITORY WHICH RESULTED IN A CUT OFF OF BULGARIA'S OUTLET TO THE AEGEAN SEA. IT ALSO MADE BULGARIA SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SOVIET UNION'S INFLUENCE AND OVERTURES TO THEM.
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references: Royal e. Jackson
Treaty between the Principal Allied and Associated Powers and Bulgaria and Protocol, signed at Neuilly-sur-Seine at November 27, 1919", Peace Treaties, Various Treaties and Agreements between the Allied and Associated Powers and Serb-Croat-Slovene State, Roumania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Turkey, together with some other agreements signed by the Peace Conference at Paris and Saint-Germain-En-Laye, presented by Mr. Lodge, April 25, 1921, Washington, Government Printing Office: 67th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Document No. 7, 1921, pp. 47–162, retrieved 2013-01-02