Chapter 1 • Were the peace treaties of 1919–23 fair?

Chapter 1 revision timeline

1918
November: Armistice, First World War ends
1919
January: Opening of the Paris Peace Conference
1920
June: Signing of Treaty of Versailles with
January: Paris Peace Conference ends
Germany
June: Signing of Treaty of Trianon with
September: Signing of Treaty of Saint Germain
Hungary
with Austria
August: Signing of Treaty of Sèvres with Turkey
November: US Congress fails to approve the
Treaty of Versailles
November: Signing of Treaty of Neuilly with
Bulgaria

1921
1923 January: Reparations Commission reports
January: French and Belgian troops occupy recommending that reparations of £6.6 billion
the Ruhr following Germany’s failure to pay be imposed on Germany
the 1922 instalment of reparations; German
government orders passive resistance which
leads to violence between Ruhr workers and
the occupying troops
Hyperinflation in Germany following German
government’s decision to print money in order
to help solve the economic crisis
July: Signing of Treaty of Lausanne with Turkey
which revised the Treaty of Sèvres
September: German Chancellor Stresemann
calls off passive resistance in the Ruhr and
agrees to resume reparations

© Oxford University Press 2018: this may be reproduced for class use solely for the purchaser’s institute