Treaty of Versailles

By Uga

  • Wilson presented his Fourteen Points

    His Fourteen Points were ideas for a fair and lasting peace agreement to end the war.

  • Treaty of Brest-Litovk

    Signed to Russia and was much harsher.

  • Fight ended

    Fight ended in 1918 but the peace still had to be written.

  • The treaty was presented

    Presented with the terms in May 1919 and threatened with renewed war if it refused.

  • The Paris Peace Conference

    Thirty-two states send delegations to Paris, but real authority rested with a small circle. The Council of the Ten quickly gave way to the Council of Four (Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Orlando), assisted by committees on Borders, reparations armaments, mandates and minorities.

  • Germany signed the Treaty

    Many Germans denounced Versailles as a ‘Diktak’.

  • London settlement assessed payments

    At 132 billion gold marks or 66 billion pounds, to be made in cash and in kind (coal, ships, industrial goods).

  • French and Belgian forces occupied the Ruhr

    French and Belgian forces occupied the Ruhr in January 1923 to take payment in kind.

  • Rentenmark was introduced

    Stabilisation came only after passive resistance ended, new fiscal measures were adopted and the Rentenmark was introduced late in 1923.

  • The Dawes Plan

    The crisis convinced many British and American observers that a revised reparations scheme was needed, setting the stage for the Dawes Plan.