THE OTHER PARIS PEACE TREATIES
What were the other Paris Peace Treaties and who did they deal with?
While the Treaty of Versailles dealt with Germany, there were 3 other Paris Peace Treaties that dealt with Germany's allies:
All these treaties punished Austria, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire in a similar way to Germany- reparations, confiscation of property and limits placed on their militaries. These treaties also oversaw the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires.
Although new countries (such as Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia) were created in Eastern Europe and self-determination granted to those peoples, not all Eastern European peoples were granted their own country. This process therefore continued throughout the rest of the 20th century.
Britain and France had promised the Arabs independence if they helped defeat the Ottoman Empire during the war (the Ottomans controlled much of the Middle East). This promise was broken at Sevres as Britain and France absorbed large parts of the region into their empires as mandates. For example, Britain claimed Egypt, Iraq and Palestine and France took control of Lebanon and Syria. The sense of betrayal felt by the Arabs fueled anti-Western resentment which only increased in 1948 when Britain created the state of Israel for Jewish refugees within Palestinian territory.
While the Treaty of Versailles dealt with Germany, there were 3 other Paris Peace Treaties that dealt with Germany's allies:
- St.Germain- Dealt with Austria
- Neuilly- Dealt with Bulgaria
- Sevres- Dealt with the Ottoman Empire
All these treaties punished Austria, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire in a similar way to Germany- reparations, confiscation of property and limits placed on their militaries. These treaties also oversaw the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires.
Although new countries (such as Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia) were created in Eastern Europe and self-determination granted to those peoples, not all Eastern European peoples were granted their own country. This process therefore continued throughout the rest of the 20th century.
Britain and France had promised the Arabs independence if they helped defeat the Ottoman Empire during the war (the Ottomans controlled much of the Middle East). This promise was broken at Sevres as Britain and France absorbed large parts of the region into their empires as mandates. For example, Britain claimed Egypt, Iraq and Palestine and France took control of Lebanon and Syria. The sense of betrayal felt by the Arabs fueled anti-Western resentment which only increased in 1948 when Britain created the state of Israel for Jewish refugees within Palestinian territory.