Treaty of St.

Germain

◊ Treaty between the Allies and Austria

◊ Signed on 10th September 1919
◊ Terms of the Treaty were mainly territorial
and military

Bukovina given to
Galicia was given Romania
to Poland

Territorial
Austria lost 60% of their
Terms Bosnia-Herzegovina
and Dalmatia to the territories!
new state Yugoslavia A landlocked country

Istria, Trieste
and South
Tyrol were Bohemia, Moravia and
There were
given to Italy Sudetenland went to
the newly created
other
state of
Czechoslovakia terms too!
Military terms: Article 88 of Treaty: Reparation payments:

o Conscription was abolished o Forbade Austria to join with o Austria had to pay reparations,
o Army limited to 30,000 Germany. but they never actually paid as
o Banned submarines o Initial name “German-Austria” their economy went bankrupt.
o No aircrafts had to be changed

o There were 3 million

Germans in Sudetenland
o Allies assumed the
minorities wished to leave
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Did the Sudeten German get
self-determination?
 Austria’s Expectations

✓ All German speaking people

within Austria’s borders
✓ Union with Germany should
come to pass
✓ No responsibility for actions
of Austro-Hungarian Empire
Becoming part of Germany
was important for social
and economic recovery.

Did not want to be the legal

successor to the Austro-
Hungarian Empire.

Decision was ultimately up to the Allies (Big Three):

҄ France: Do whatever it takes to ensure Germany was
not strong.
҄ Britain: Ensure that Britain did not lose their power in
Europe.
҄ USA: Confused, but wanted to give national self-
determination