Germany: Treaty of Versailles
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- Germany: Treaty of Versailles (BRAT)
- BLAME: they had to accept responsibility for starting the war and causing the war damage: War Guilt Clause.
- Germany Govn had no choice but to sign this treaty else the war would continue & they would lose.
- REPARATIONS: had to pay £6.6 Billion to repair the damage caused by the war.
- ARMED FORCES: army reduced to 100,000 men, couldn't any tanks, submarines or planes. The Rhineland was demilitarised so no german troops could go there.
- TERRITORY: lost 13% land & 12.5% of popn. Lost all their colonies= no empire. Forbidden to join with Austria. Some land lost were industrial which meant Germany lost a way to produce income.
- Germans were outraged, called the treaty a 'diktat' (dictated peace) and accused the Govn of 'stabbin gthem in the back'
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