<Li> Estonia: independence from the Russian Empire </Li> <Li> Finland: independence from the Russian Empire </Li> <Li> France: gained Alsace - Lorraine as well as various African colonies from the German Empire, and Middle East territories from the Ottoman Empire . The African and Middle East gains were officially League of Nations Mandates . </Li> <Li> Greece: gained Western Thrace from Bulgaria </Li>

World war i and the immediate aftermath of the versailles treaty