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Triple Alliance
The Dual Alliance was a treaty signed by Austria-Hungary on October 7, 1879. The alliance promised mutual support in case of a Russian attack. Italy, having lost the rivalry with France with regard to establishing the colony in Tunis, joined Germany and Austria-Hungary to form the Triple Alliance in 1882. Italy saw the alliance as a guarantee against a rival nation. Italy also signed a guarantee of neutrality with Britan. later signed a similar pact with France. In 1918 Italy didnt join the war -
Triple Entente
Triple Entente- French and Russia developed through the late 1890s, and the Franco-Russian alliance of 1894 strengthened ties between the two countries. Britain and Russia signed the Anglo-Russian Entente on August 31, 1907, at Saint Petersburg, Russia, ending territorial conflict and defined boundaries of Afghanistan, Tibet, and Persia. The alliance between France, Britain, and Russia out of these three pacts is the Triple Alliance. It formed the backbone of the Allied Powers. -
Fourteen Points
In January 1918, ten months before the end of World War I, US President Woodrow Wilson had written a list of proposed war aims which he called the "Fourteen Points." Eight of these points dealt specifically with territorial and political settlements associated with the victory of the Entente Powers. The remainder of the principles focused on preventing wars in the future. -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovs
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a separate peace treaty where the soviet government was forced to sign on March 3, 1918 after almost six-month-long negotiations at Brest-Litovsk between Russia and the Central Powers. Signing of the treaty defaulted Russia's commitments on the Triple Entente alliance. Although it did provide relief for Bolsheviks by renouncing all territorial claims on Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Lithuania. -
Big Three
In January 1919, President Woodrow Wilson of the United States, Georges Clemenceau of France and Lloyd George, Prime Minister of Britain who were otherwise known as the “Big Three” and representatives of twenty nine other victorious nations met in Paris to draw up a peace treaty. The Paris Peace Conference was the end of World War 1. The meeting of the set the peace terms for the Central Powers that were defeated allowing the agreement of 1918. It took place in Paris during 1919. -
The Treaty of Sevres
The Treaty of Sevres was the peace treaty between the Ottoman Empire and Allies at the end of World War 1. This gave Eastern Thrace and Smyrna to Greece. The Turks rose against the Treaty under the command of Ataturk because it angered the Turkish population. This Treaty was signed by four signatures of the Ottoman Empire in an exhibition room at the porcelain factory in Sevres, France then was annulled in the Turkish War of Independence. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSqXAuy0lZ4 -
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles which was signed on June 28th, 1919 during WW1 was one of the peace treaties around the end of the war. This ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris with the three most important politicians; David Lloyd George, George Clemenceau, and Woodrow Wilson. The Treaty triggered a number of political reactions. Firstly the government of the day resigned, having refused to sign it. The incoming -
The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye was signed on September 10, 1919 by the Allies of World War One on the one hand and by the Republic of German-Austria on the other. Land was lost to form the new state of Czechoslovakia with 3 million German and 2.5 million Slovak minority. The new state of Yugoslavia was formed. Italy won the war and they expected land as a reward from old Austria-Hungarian Empire. -
Treaty of Neuilly
Treaty of Neuilly was signed with Bulgaria after World War 1 had ended. It was signed on November 27, 1919. Bulgaria had been one of Germany's allies during the war. No nations were open in being sympathetic to Bulgaria, so because of that land was taken from Bulgaria. Part of their punishment for forcibly occupying parts of Serbia between 1915 and 1918 was forcing them to reduce its army just like Germany and Austria.They ended up with only 20,000 men and had to pay 100 million dollars for re -
War Guilt Clause
Perhaps the worst portion of the treaty for the defeated Germany was Article 231. This was commonly known as the "War Guilt Clause, This forced Germany to accept complete responsibility for initiating World War I.
