Successor States The Changing Face of Europe Following the Great War.

Successor States

The Changing Face of Europe Following the Great War

What is a successor state?

A Successor State is a country formed during the Paris Peace Settlements Countries formed for ethnic

purposes Others used to create “buffer zone”

in Eastern Europe

Successor States

Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Poland Finland Estonia

Lithuania Latvia Turkey Austria and

Hungary became separate nations

Treaty of Saint-Germain

Formation of Czechoslovakia Poland Yugoslavia

Declared Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved. Created Republic of Austria Hungary became independent

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA Treaty of Saint-Germain

Formed in 1918 Contained areas of Germany and

Austria

Became important in beginning of WWII

POLAND



POLAND

Partitioned by the Congress of Vienna Regained independence 1919

Wilson’s 13th point

FINLAND

FINLAND

Part of Tsarist Russia White Armies prevailed over Red Army

(Bolsheviks) The Treaty of Tartu

October 1920 Finland and Russia

ESTONIA, LATIVA, LITHUANIA



ESTONIA, LATIVA, LITHUANIA

Fought for independence in 1918 fought against Germany and

Communist Russia recognized as independent countries

in 1920

TURKEY

TURKEY

Treaty of Sevres 1920 Partitioned the Ottoman Empire Restricted military

Treaty of Lausanne Turkey internationally recognized

AUSTRIA



Austria

Treaty of Saint-Germain Signed September 1919 Reduced size

HUNGARY



Hungary The Treaty of Trianon

1920 Reparations for war Shaped boundaries Demilitarization League of Nations

YUGOSLAVIA



YUGOSLAVIA Formed by Treaty of Neuilly November 1919 Originally Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and

Slovenes Part of Bulgaria ceded to Kingdom of

Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

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