Treaty of Versailles - Secret Documents (1st Period) by Caitlin Ruvalcaba https://padlet.com/caitlinruva1/qmqgea9papz7oj2r Why did the Treaty of Versailles fail to create lasting peace in Europe? en-us 2023-02-15 16:20:14 UTC 2023-02-16 17:25:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4dc.png Germany caitlinruva1 https://padlet.com/caitlinruva1/qmqgea9papz7oj2r/wish/2483947201 Group Members:  Angel, Jacob, and Anthony 


1.What Germany said: 

-The german people thought felt that the war would end all rivalry 

-The Germans marched to the national boundaries to demonstrate their military power.


2. What really happened: 
  • Germany was not prepared for war
  • Germany would surrender after the 2 and battle  
  • Germany would lose the war because they had lest men and was losing ground 

3. At the treaty: 
  • Germany wasn’t invited to the treaty 
  • The allied powers ignored our complaints

4. Germany's feelings: 
  • Angry 
  • Disappointed 
  • Felt betrayed 
  • The allies said that we started the war 
  • They said that we need to pay for the war 



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1. What Italy said: 
  • Italy went into war with the “Triple alliance” but didn’t want to help/join war until they felt threatened. 
  • The italians didn’t join the war until April 1915 with the Allies. 

2. What really happened: 
  • allied with Britain, France and Russia 
  • Later changed sides to get more land

3. At the treaty: 
  • Italy arrived at Versailles and Versailles was confident of the promise of the Austrian and African lands that would be for them and Australia was handed over to the Italians and the cities of Tentino, sad and Istria. upset.

4. Italy's feelings: 
  • Betrayal because people died without gaining something big.

]]> 2023-02-15 18:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/caitlinruva1/qmqgea9papz7oj2r/wish/2483948847 Japan caitlinruva1 https://padlet.com/caitlinruva1/qmqgea9papz7oj2r/wish/2483959910 Group Members: Eduardo Rodriguez, Xavier Gamez, Adriana Sanchez


1. What Japan said:
In order to put Germany under more pressure, Britain and France asked Japan to attack the Germans. In 1914 japan did not have sufficient natural resources.


2. What really happened: 
Japan ran out of resources.
Japan declared war on Germany without anyone telling them.
Japan wanted to gain Germany land 


3. At the treaty: 
Japan went to the treaty expecting to be appreciated for their effort in the war. As a reward for helping they received some of Germany’s outposts, but not as much as they had hoped, which dissapointed Japan.


4. Japan's feelings: 

  • Japan felt frustrated for their part in world war I.
  • Japan felt left out because they didn’t really have a say in the treaty.
  • Japan walked out of the conference because of the treaty saying they have to stay out of South East Asia, and away from the oil rich fields of Indonesia.


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1. What USA said:
-The United States entered the war to protect their friends and ally’s.
-The United States was being forced to enter the war.
-Wanted to bring peace to the world. 


2. What really happened:
-The U.S helped Germany with its allies when the war began, the allies of Germany
-They had lots in common with democratic Britain and France with the regimes of Germany and Austria .
-They had a shooting between the Germans and Belgium and the Belgian hostages and the bombing of the Gothic cathedrals in France.


3. At the treaty: 
-The U.S felt obligated to establish the treaty with Germany's former colonies.  
-After Paris peace, the U.S created a treaty with Germany.
-The U.S hid from former ties they have made
-That all changed in 1941 because the booming had happened.

4. USA's feelings: 
-The United States didn’t want to be to harsh on Germany because they thought that if they did it can lead to another war in the future.
-The United States didn't agree on the Treaty
-The U.S. didn't sign the treaty
-The United States decided to Isolate themselves


]]> 2023-02-15 19:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/caitlinruva1/qmqgea9papz7oj2r/wish/2483992286 England caitlinruva1 https://padlet.com/caitlinruva1/qmqgea9papz7oj2r/wish/2483993408 Group Members: Leslie Chavez, Dayanara Avendano, Lexus Domingo 


1. What England said:
England didn't want to join the war. The act of blind aggression violated agreement that the great powers had made. Britain declared war on Germany, Britain put the proper blame on Germany.

2. What really happened:
England Didn't really care about the peace in Europe,England also Didn't care about women being raped and the violations on Belgian,England Only cared about the rich and were demanded rich farms from the Germans,They initiated the law for Germans to have no navy nor submarine.

3. At the treaty: He did not want Wilson to abolish restrictions on trade.He also felt that Britain and France should control of Germany’s colonies



4. England's feelings: 
Years after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Britain felt the Treaty to be too harsh upon the Germans. Britain forgave part of the war reparation, little was done by the British to help the Germans in the period before World War II.
]]> 2023-02-15 19:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/caitlinruva1/qmqgea9papz7oj2r/wish/2483993408 France caitlinruva1 https://padlet.com/caitlinruva1/qmqgea9papz7oj2r/wish/2483994724 Group Members: 
Christian Rodriguez, Andres Aguilar, Vanessa Navarro, Damian Castro

1. What France said:

  • Where in WWI because of their alliance with Russia
  • The french people fought in a brutal war
    • Had major damage on their land
    • Had lost lots of lives
  • With the help of America they were able to defeat Germany 

2. What really happened:

  • After the war ended the French didn’t want peace to last.
    • Wanted money and power
    • Major Military restrictions on land 
  • France stolen lands of Alsace-Lorraine, the Rhine River, coal rich area of the Saar, and also stole German colonies and made them their own. 
  • France was the main country to push for the “War Guilt”

3. At the treaty: 

  • They want french troops stationed in the Rhineland to attack any Germany. Clemenceau wants Germany to pay the total war cost. 

4. France's feelings: 

  • After they signed the treaty they realized over the time that it was to harsh for them  and felt bad  for germany .

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1. What Serbia said:
  • Serbia desired to liberate Bosnia, due to this and the assination of the future king of Austria caused by the freedom fighters, Austria declared war on Serbia which resulted in Serbia defeating Austria (after 5 years and help from allies) . 

2. What really happened: The Serbian politicians took a look at “The black hand”  to assassinate the Archduke.Some Serbians even collaborate with the terrorist assassins. Serbia was depending in Russia to get involved.All the murders that were happening caused Austria  to start World War I.

3. At the treaty: 
  • The homeland that Italy had been given its word of Italy would go against the Germans and Austrians .Serbia was allocated to massive amounts of the homeland of Austria.

4. Serbia's feelings: Serbia felt that they had obtained the “key” to ruling themselves and when Serbia observed Austrias taking of Bosnia they felt it responsibility to relieve the people of Bonsia from the imperialism based repression of Austria. 



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1. What Austria said: 
  • Austria said that they wanted to present themselves as victorious and wanted to move towards a Global Peace.

2. What really happened:

  • Austria would have to take a strong stance against Serbia after the assassination on the Archduke. If Austria didn't take said stance, than other lands would attempt similar methods of terrorism to achieve independence. 

3. At the treaty: 
France didn’t want to make Italy to powerful and that was meant to protect French borders and France didn’t want to create a group that controls other ethnic  groups

4. Austria's feelings: Industrial land was taken from Austria and that provided wealth, which made it difficult to pay off any reparations and made poverty a problem, but were later forgiven by the allies.


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1. What Japan said:  Japan said that they were asked to attack German colonies in Asia. France and the U.S asked so they can stop German colonial supplies from arriving to Germany



2. What really happened: 
  • Japan understood that without natural resources it could never industrialize to be one of the greatest powers. When the war started, Japan declared war on Germany without authorization. Although Japan did not ask their allies, it was useful for Japan to attack many colonies, they had something in mind to become the owners of certain colonies on German land.




3. At the treaty: Japan expected all former colonial outposts. They were awarded some of the ex-German outposts but not as much as they wanted because they hoped for Papua New Guinea




4. Japan's feelings: 
  • Having received nothing, Japan decided to leave the conference and was frustrated by their participation in WWI. In addition, the results of the treaty kept Japan out of Southeast Asia and away from the rich oil fields in Indonesia.




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