Peace
Peace terms were imposed by the Big Four—Clemenceau demanded the harshest terms and won most of them in the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. France regained Alsace-Lorraine. Germany was largely disarmed and forced to take full responsibility for the war and to pay war reparations; and the German industrial Saar Basin, a coal and steel region, was occupied by France. The German African colonies were partitioned between France and Britain such as Kamerun. From the remains of the Ottoman Empire, France acquired the Mandate of Syria and the Mandate of Lebanon.
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Famous quotes containing the word peace:
“Wherefore do you so ill translate yourself
Out of the speech of peace that bears such grace,
Into the harsh and boisterous tongue of war?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“I would rather have peace in the world than be President.”
—Harry S. Truman (1884–1972)
“Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me;
let there be peace on earth, the peace that was meant to be.”
—Sy Miller (20th century)