4) Anti-Treaty of Versailles: After the culmination of the First World War and the signing of the Armistice, a treaty was signed in which Germany was forced to shoulder all blame for the outbreak of war. This was the Treaty of Versailles.
In order to attone for their purported crimes, the treaty bound Germany in a number of respects. For example:
- Germany was forced to forfeit 10% of her land
- Germany's army was restricted to 100,000 men
- Germany was prohibited from having an air force
- Germany was forced to pay reparations to the Allied Powers
Hitler himself had fought in the First World War and, like many soldiers, felt betrayed by the government that had agreed to the treaty. Hitler viewed these actions as signs of cowardice and therefore sought to usurp the conditions of the treaty.
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