German Reactions to the Treaty of Versailles
- Created by: Gemma Trembath
- Created on: 31-05-13 14:59
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- German Reactions to the TOV
- War Guilt and reparations
- Clause 231, meant that Germany had to take blame for starting the war.
- Germans particularly hated this, they felt at the very least blame should be shared
- To make things worse Germany was expected to pay for all the damage of the war as well.
- This left the German economy in tatters and they feared that the reparations would cripple them
- Clause 231, meant that Germany had to take blame for starting the war.
- Disarmament
- An army of 100,000 men for such a large country is extremely small
- Making the people feel weak as the army was national pride
- Making it worse Germany was the only country to do so.
- Making the people feel weak as the army was national pride
- An army of 100,000 men for such a large country is extremely small
- German Territories
- Germany lost 10% of its land, it was a huge blow to both Germany's pride and economy
- The Saar Coal fields, and Upper Silesia were both important industrial zones
- Making it worse Britain was gaining land by taking control of Germany's oversea territories
- Germany lost 10% of its land, it was a huge blow to both Germany's pride and economy
- 14 points and the League of Nations
- The 14 points didn't seem to apply to Germany
- Self-determination was given to other countries but not Germany
- Germany felt further insulted by not being able to join the league
- Then Anschluss (partnership) with Austria was banned too.
- The 14 points didn't seem to apply to Germany
- German complaints fell on deaf ears, however many felt that Germany asked for double standard because they would've been much harder
- Part of Germany's economic crisis was brought on by their selves
- Instead of raising taxes the German Kaiser expected to pay for war by extracting reparations from defeated states
- War Guilt and reparations
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