1. Motives and Aims of the Big Three
1.1. Big three: Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Clemenceau
1.2. Woodrow Wilson
1.2.1. 1919 - F0URTEEN POINTS - guidelines for a just and lasting peace
1.2.2. Don't be too harsh on Germany
1.2.2.1. Recover and expect revenge
1.2.2.2. Communist could exploit Germany
1.2.3. Strengthen defeated countries
1.2.3.1. Strengthen democracy
1.2.3.2. People would not lead leaders to another war
1.2.4. Give self-determination to small countries that had once been part of the European Empire
1.2.4.1. Poles, Czechs, Slovaks... rule themselves
1.2.5. International Co-operation
1.2.5.1. Create international co-operation
1.2.5.2. League of Nations
1.2.6. Lasting Peace
1.3. Lloyd George
1.3.1. Don't be too harsh on Germany
1.3.2. Germany to loose navy and it's colonies that threatened the British Empire
1.3.3. Motive: Britain had suffered over 1 million casualties in fighting and food shortages
1.3.4. Lasting Peace
1.4. Clemenceau
1.4.1. Germany to pay harshly
1.4.2. France had vividly lived the war and suffered many more casualties then Br and USA
1.4.3. Cripple Germany
1.4.4. Weaken Ger as mush as possible
2. Why didn't all the victors get what they wanted
2.1. France and USA lived the war in completely different ways
2.2. France felt like Britain didn't want to punish Germany
2.3. Lloyd George and Wilson didn't agree on letting all countries have access to the seas
3. Could the treaties be justified at the time
3.1. Fair
3.1.1. The Treaty of Versailles was less harsh then the Treaty with Russia
3.1.2. Germany's economic problems were partly self-inflicted.
3.1.3. Other countries imposed higher taxes while the German government only allowed the debts to be mount.
3.2. Unfair
3.2.1. None of the Big Three were happy
3.2.2. Peacemakers were blind and selfish and made a disastrous treaty
3.3. Justified
3.3.1. Best thing that could of been achieved in the circumstances
3.3.2. Left Germany in a stronger position than before the war
4. What was decided at the PPC
4.1. War Guilt
4.1.1. Germany had to accept the blame of starting the war
4.1.2. Germans thought it was too harsh
4.2. Reparations
4.2.1. Agreed in 1921
4.2.2. £6 600
4.3. Territory and Colonies
4.3.1. Germany could not ally with Austria
4.3.2. Denmark, Alsace-Lorraine, Danzig, Lithuania
4.3.3. Overseas where controlled by the League of Nations
4.4. Germany Armed Forces
4.4.1. Army limited to 100 000 men
4.4.2. Conscription was banned - only volunteers
4.4.3. no submarines or aircrafts
4.4.4. navy only battleships
4.4.5. Rhineland demilitarised zone
4.5. League of Nations
5. Impact of the peace treaty on Germany in 1920s
5.1. Political Violence
5.1.1. Revolution in 1920 trying to remove Ebert's government
5.1.2. General strike by Berlin workers this paralysed the essential services such as power and transport
5.1.3. Many others attempts and assassinations occurred
5.1.4. 1923: Hitler led a rebellion on Munich, his rebellion was defeated
5.2. Conflict in the Ruhr
5.2.1. Reparations: £6,600 to the Allies
5.2.2. In 1921 £50 million were paid
5.2.3. In 1922 nothing was paid
5.2.3.1. This led to French and Belgium entering the Ruhr in 1923 and taking what they wanter from the mineral resources
5.2.3.2. No term of the Treaty was broken
5.2.4. The German government ordered a strike
5.2.5. The French killed over 100 workers and expelled more then 100,000
5.2.6. This caused the lack if goods to trade and less money to buy things
5.3. Hyperinflation
5.3.1. The government between 1922 and 1923 decided to solve the problem by printing more money
5.3.2. This led to Hyperinflation
5.3.3. Middle-class families where living in hunger for the first time