The Treaty Of Versailles
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- The Treaty Of Versailles
- The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919
- It consisted of 440 Articles
- It set out the punishments Germany would have to have
- Germany was punished so badly because of all the destruction and economic problems they had caused
- It set out the punishments Germany would have to have
- Military restrictions
- Germany was restricted to 100,000 men
- They were only allowed 6 battle ships, and no submarines
- Germany was not allow to have any armed forces
- Loss of land
- Alsace-Lorraine was returned to France
- Rhineland was demilitarise, German forces weren't allowed to go there
- Saar went to France for 15 years
- Lands in eastern Germany were given to Poland
- Germany was forbidden to unite with germany
- War Guilt Clause: Germany was responsible for causing ALL the damage and loss
- All German colonies were given to France and England
- Germany had to pay reparations of 6.6 billion
- The Dawes and Young Plans re-scheduled Germany's payments
- Germany was not allowed to join the League of Nations
- The Treaty of Versailles was a "dictated peace" as Germany was not allowed to negotiate the terms.
- The Treaty of Versailles was unpopulr, with the germans and people who drew it up
- peace makers left the conference feeling like the treaty wouldn't cause peace.
- historians believe the treaty was the cause of WW2
- Opinions?
- The Germans hated everything about the treaty
- Britain gained some German colonies and the German navy was destroyed
- France got Alsace-Lorraine, German colonies, harsh reparations and a tiny German army
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