REVISION IGCSE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY: TREATY OF NEUILLY.

1. TREATY OF
NEUILLY
IGCSE HISTORY
REVISION

2. DEFINITION
Treaty of Neuilly was signed in 1919 and it is a peace agreement
between Bulgaria and the Allies after the First World War.

3. Question 1
Did Bulgaria lose any territory under
the treaty?

4. Answer 1
Yes. Bulgaria lost 10% of its land to Greece, Romania and Yugoslavia.
Yugoslavia was formed in 1918 immediately after World War I as the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. It was commonly referred to at
the time as the "Versailles state“ or a “successor state”.

5. Question 2
What were the other main terms?

6. Answer 2
The Bulgarian army was limited to 20,000 men and a reparations bill of
90 million pounds was set.

7. Question 3
What was the reaction in Bulgaria to the
treaty?

8. Answer 3
A national day of mourning was declared when the details were
published. The Bulgarian leader Aleksandar Stoimenov Stamboliyski
who signed the treaty was assassinated on 14th of June 1923.

9. Question 4
Why were the terms imposed on
Bulgaria less harsh than those for
other defeated powers?

10. Answer 4
The victors were concerned that severe terms in the Balkans would
lead to new war in the region.

11. Important
Bulgaria was the first of the Central Powers to surrender.
This fact, the Bulgarians believed, entitled them to special treatment by
the victorious Allies.