HISTORY IGCSE REVISION CARDS - 013. AUSTRIA AND THE PEACE SETTLEMENTS
1. IN WHAT WAYS WAS AUSTRIA PUNISHED BY THE
PEACE SETTLEMENTS OF 1919–20?
Austria lost land.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire was broken up.
Union between Austria and Germany was forbidden.
Austria’s army was limited to 30,000.
The Austrian navy was broken up and distributed amongst the
Allied powers.
Austria was not allowed any aircraft. Austria’s airports were
demolished. Austria would have to pay reparations.
Austria became a landlocked country.
Austria lost Bohemia and Moravia to Czechoslovakia. Austria
lost Bosnia and Herzegovina to Yugoslavia. Austria lost the
South Tyrol as far as the Brenner Pass to Italy. Austria lost
Trentino, Istria and Trieste to Italy. Austria lost several
Dalmatian islands to Italy. Austria lost Galicia to Poland.
Austria lost Bukovina to Romania.