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The Versailles Project

The Versailles Project 2003 

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Renegotiated and rewritten on the 12th and 14th November 2003 by IGCSE and IB historians.


Treaty by Matthew

The creation of states articles 1 – 4

Article 1: Creation of an independent Polish state

Article 2: The unity of Slavs along the Dalmatian Coast with Serbia to create a greater Serbia known as Yugoslavia governed by self-determination.

Article 3: Split up Germany into 3 separate independent states, some going to creation of Poland

Article 4: Split up Austria-Hungary into different nations, according to their nationalities

Regained or newly gained land articles 5 - 8

Articles 5: Alsace-Lorraine to be returned to France

Article 6: Serbia is t gain the Port of Trieste and the Dalmatian coast but will allow Italy to have naval bases along the Dalmatian coast (number to be decided later)

Article 7: Western Ukraine and Silesia to be part of Poland

Article 8: The Gulf of Danzig (on Baltic coast) to be part of Poland

Law and Order agreements articles 9 - 11

Article 9: Great Britain wants the German Kaiser and military to be put on trial for starting the Great War

Article 10: A setting up of an international court of justice under the auspices of the LON

Article 11: A general association of nations to be formed for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity

Money articles 12 - 13

Article 12: Clear all debts within the Allied powers, including but not limited to all debts owed by the allied forces to America

Article 13: All allied countries will gain reparations from Germany sufficient to what they lost, as far as Germany is capable. Open to compromise

Army and Naval decisions articles 14 – 16

Article 14: Belgium must be evacuated of foreign troops and restored without any attempt to limit the sovereignty, which she enjoys in common with all other nations

Article 15: Germany's naval force to be split up accordingly to need across Europe however guaranteeing at least 12% each

Article 16: Reduce armaments to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety/national security

 



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