THE SETTLEMENT - VERSAILLES TREATY, THE TREATIES OF SAINT GERMAIN – TRIANON – NEUILLY AND SÈVRES, THE TREATY OF LAUSANNE CONCLUDES PEACE SETTLEMENT AND VERDICT ON THE VERSAILLES TREATY

THE SETTLEMENT: JANUARY 1919 – JULY 1923

THE VERSAILLES TREATY: JANUARY 1919 – JUNE 1920

THE TREATIES OF SAINT GERMAIN – TRIANON – NEUILLY AND SÈVRES

THE TREATY OF LAUSANNE CONCLUDES PEACE SETTLEMENT: JULY 1923

VERDICT ON THE VERSAILLES TREATY

The Peace Conference at Versailles, held in the palace’s Hall of Mirrors, opened on the 18th January 1919. This dealt with Germany, but four other treaties were also held, named (like Versailles itself), after Paris suburbs. St. Germain was concerned with Austria; Trianon with Hungary; Neuilly with Bulgaria and the Balkans; and Sèvres with Turkey and the Middle East in general. Each imposed the loss of territory; limitations on military hardware; and (in certain cases), the payment of reparations. Germany, of course, paid the heaviest price, but the negotiations also encompassed the demise of the great Austrian-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires. After some delay – which included a resort to arms – The Treaty of Lausanne, concerned mainly with the new Turkish Republic and the Near East generally, concluded the peace settlement in July 1923.