Analyse the international borders established by the Paris Peace Conference using various documents After the peace treaties were signed , the German , Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires ceased to exist and suf fered great territorial losses. (21) Germany ceded its colonies, which became mandates administered by the League of Nations. It returned Alsace-Lorraine to France, and ceded Poznan and Prussia to Poland . Saarland came under the administration of the League of Nations. The Austro-Hungarian Empire was divided into Austria , Hungar y and Czechoslovakia . Yugoslavia was created on the territor y of the former Kingdom of Serbia . Romania received Transylvania . The Ottoman Empire ceded Syria to France, Iraq and Palestine to the UK, and various territories to Italy and Greece. The remaining territor y was replaced by the Republic of Türkiye. Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, won their independence from Russia . Poland re-emerged as a countr y with Russian , Austrian and German territories. It gained an outlet to the sea through Danzig. Danzig became a free city, administered by the League of Nations. B E A H I S T O R I A N 21. Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in 1914 (A) and after the Paris Peace Conference (B) 20. German poster made in 1931 criticising the Treaty of Versailles Analyse and compare the maps. What new states were created after the peace conference? Compare map B with a modern map. Which countries still exist? Are their territories the same? Which countries have disappeared? Your turn A 36
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