The Impact of the Treaty of Versailles
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- The Impact of the Treaty of Versailles
- Land Lost
- Germany lost 10 per cent of its land
- They lost Upper Silesia
- This contained coal and steel works
- Much of West Prussia and Posen
- Schleswig
- Was given to plebiscite to give back to Denmark
- Alsace-Lorraine which was returned to France
- Eupen and Malmedy which were returned to Belgium
- The Saar
- Was placed under the control of the League of Nations for 15 years
- The Rhineland
- Was to be occupied by Allied forces for 15 years
- Military Reductions
- The army was reduced to 100,000 men
- The navy was reduced to 15,000 men
- The General Staff was disbanded
- Germany was not allowed tanks, aircraft, submarines of poison gas
- The number of ships was limited
- Reparations
- There was the establishment of the Reparations Commission to investigate how much Germany could afford
- The Commission did not report until 1921
- The figure the fixed at £6,000 million but some of it had to be paid in goods
- Germany claimed it could not afford to pay
- There was the establishment of the Reparations Commission to investigate how much Germany could afford
- Land Lost
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