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"Key Facts." //Treaty of Versailles 1//. History Man, n.d. Web. 29 Aug. 2012. .


 * "The 3 main representatives were President **//Woodrow Wilson (USA)//**, Prime Minister **//David Lloyd George (UK)//** and Prime Minister **//Georges Clemenceau (France)//**."
 * "Most of the work of writing the terms of the treaty was carried out by specialist committees."
 * "These met in Paris and only the signing took place at the **//Palace of Versailles//** which gave its name to the treaty."
 * "1914 had been the second time that Germany had invaded France in living memory and the French were determined that it would never happen again."
 * "They wanted to split Germany up and remove both her economic and military ability to make war. They wanted to punish Germany and keep her weak.""
 * "Wilson wanted a peace based on his **//14 Points//** which would allow Germany to be quickly restored as a leading European power but above all he wanted the creation of a **//League of Nations//** which would prevent another war ever breaking out."
 * "Lloyd George sympathised with Wilson especially since Germany was a major trading partner of Britain's and British prosperity depended on German being well off. Also Lloyd George was afraid that an impoverished Germany would turn to Communism just as Russia had done in 1917."
 * "The peacemakers in Paris had to redraw the map of Europe following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian, Russian and Turkish Empires."
 * "The Germans were not allowed to attend the talks in Paris but in May they were given the proposed treaty to read and told that it was a case of accepting the treaty or the war starting again. German politicians were very reluctant to accept the treaty but after much discussion in Berlin and the formation of anew government the treaty was signed at Versailles on **//June 28th 1919//**, five years to the day the Archduke was shot."
 * "New state of Poland created and given West Prussia from Germany so that she could have access to the sea - The Polish Corridor."
 * "The German army to be reduced to only 100,000 men."
 * "The Germans were not allowed tanks, an air force nor submarines."
 * "A League of Nations was to be created."
 * "Germany and Austria were never to be allowed to be united."
 * "The Germans were furious at these terms"