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WWI PPT Notes Who Won the War? The Allied Powers: Great Britain, France, the US, Italy and their allies won the war. ? The armistice (formal agreement between enemies to stop fighting a war) was signed at 5 a.m. on the morning of 11 November 1918, and came into effect six hours later at 11 a.m. 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. 1918The Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919 and consisted of 440 Articles setting out the terms for Germanys punishment. The treaty was greeted with shock and disbelief in Germany. The terms of the treaty can be classified into three groups: territorial - provisions that took land away from Germany military - provisions that limited Germanys armed forces financial and economic- Germany’s reparations to the victors (primarily France and Great Britain) The Main Terms of the Treaty of Versailles were: War Guilt Clause - Germany must accept the blame for starting World War One Reparations - Germany had to pay millions for the damage caused by the war – mainly to France and Great Britain. Disarmament - Germany was only allowed to have a small army and six naval ships. No tanks, no air force and no submarines were allowed. The Rhineland was to be de-militarized (area between France and Germany). Territorial Clauses - Land was taken away from Germany and given to other countries-ALL colonies were lost. Alsace-Lorraine given back to France. Anschluss (union with Austria) was forbidden. Who Negotiated the Treaty? In 1919, Lloyd George of England, Orlando of Italy, Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson from the US met to discuss how Germany was to be made to pay for the damage world war one had caused. US President Wilson Led the Way with His Fourteen Points Wilson became the spokesperson for a new world order based on democracy and international cooperation and seen as a hero at the conference in Versailles League of Nations- One of his Fourteen Points Wilson argued at the Paris Peace confer