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ere the major terms of the peace treaties imposed on the central powers at the paris peace conference? in each circle, write the terms of the treaty for
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To answer the question about the major terms of peace treaties for each Central Power:
- Germany (Treaty of Versailles):
- War guilt clause (Article 231) – Germany accepted responsibility for WWI.
- Military restrictions: Army limited to 100,000 men, no conscription, no air force/tanks, Rhineland demilitarized.
- Reparations: Required to pay damages (finalized as ~£6.6 billion).
- Territorial losses: Alsace-Lorraine to France, Eupen-Malmédy to Belgium, parts to Poland/Czechoslovakia; colonies seized.
- Austria-Hungary (Treaties of Saint-Germain & Trianon):
- Austria (Saint-Germain): Reduced to a small state; lost territories to Italy (South Tyrol), Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary. Military limited to 30,000.
- Hungary (Trianon): Lost 2/3 of territory (to Romania, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia); army limited to 35,000.
- The empire dissolved into independent states (Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, etc.).
- Turkey (Treaty of Sèvres, revised by Lausanne):
- Initially, Sèvres (1920) imposed harsh terms: Lost territories (Arab lands to Britain/France, Aegean islands to Greece), demilitarized zones.
- Revoked by Lausanne (1923): Recognized Turkish sovereignty, returned Constantinople (Istanbul), limited reparations, defined modern Turkey’s borders.
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Germany (Treaty of Versailles) Terms:
- War guilt clause (Article 231).
- Military: 100,000 men, no conscription/air force/tanks, Rhineland demilitarized.
- Reparations: ~£6.6 billion.
- Territories: Alsace-Lorraine to France, Eupen-Malmédy to Belgium, parts to Poland/Czechoslovakia; colonies seized.
Austria-Hungary (Treaties of Saint-Germain/Trianon) Terms:
- Austria (Saint-Germain): Reduced territory (to Italy, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary); army 30,000.
- Hungary (Trianon): Lost 2/3 territory (to Romania, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia); army 35,000.
- Empire dissolved into independent states.
Turkey (Treaty of Lausanne, revised from Sèvres) Terms:
- Recognized Turkish sovereignty, returned Istanbul, limited reparations, defined modern borders.