| Treaty of Lille | |
|---|---|
 Diplomats from Britain, Germany and Turkey | |
| Signed Location |
March 3, 1917 Lille |
| Signatories |  German Empire Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
| Languages | German, English, Turkish, Hungarian |
The Treaty of Lille was a peace treaty that dealt with the United Kingdom in the aftermath of WW1.
With the British still a formidable force in the African Front, they had more negotiative leeway when compared to France, Russia and Italy.
Main Points[]
- The entire Island of Ireland is to become independent, creating a Irish Republic.
- Britain to cede the following colonial territories to the German Empire:
Northern Rhodesia- British East Africa
- Gold Coast
- Nigeria
- British New Guinea
- Britain to cede the following colonial territory to the Ottoman Empire:
- Cyprus
- Britain’s navy to become two-thirds the size of Germany’s.
- Reduction of Army and Air Force.
- Creation of Demilitarised Zone in Egypt, Sudan and Southern Rhodesia bordering German and Ottoman possessions.
- War reparations in the amount of 50 million Pounds to go to following:
- 32 million to Germany
- Five million to Austria
- Four million to Bulgaria
- Nine million to Ottoman Empire
