Wilson (USA), Lloyd George (Prime Minister of England) and Clemenceau (Prime Minister A News paper Report Outbreak of World War I and Its Aftermath of France) played a very important part in the deliberations. Paris Peace Conference Faced with a threat of a renewed war, the German government was forced to agree to the terms. On June, the peace treaty was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Provisions of the Treaty .
Germany was found guilty of starting the War and therefore was to pay reparations for the losses suffered. All Central Powers were directed to pay war indemnity. . The German army was to be limited to , men.
A small navy was allowed. . The union of Austria and Germany was forbidden. .
All German colonies became mandated territories under the League of Nations. . Germany was forced to revoke the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (with Russia) and Bucharest (Bulgaria). .
Alsace–Lorraine was returned to France. . The former Russian territories of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were to be independent . Northern Schleswig was given to Denmark and some small districts to Belgium.
. Poland was recreated. . The Rhineland was to be occupied by the Allies.
The area on the east bank of the Rhine was to be demilitarized. President Wilson laid down his Fourteen Points, which were to be followed by the Allies. The most important one he highlighted was the need for ‘a general association of nations for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states like’. Separate treaties were drawn up and signed by the Allies with Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey.
The Treaty with Turkey (Treaty of Sevres), though accepted by the Sultan, failed because of the resistance of Mustafa Kemal Pasha and his followers. Fallout of the First World War The First World War left a deep impact on European society and polity. Through conscription, and through air raids, the War had involved and affected far more of