Zusammenfassung der Ressource
What were the terms of the treaty?
- Signed in June 1919
- Germany lost colonies
- North Schleswig
- Given to Denmark
- Danzig
- Free city run by the League
- Poland
- given a 'Comidor' to Baltic sea
- Cut off Prussia from Germany
- Posen
- Rich farmland given to poland
- Germany forbidden to unite with Austria
- Saar coalfields-to France (15 years)
- Alsace Lorraine- to France (Lost to G in 1871)
- Rhineland- Demilitarised (Too close; G invade France and Belgium)
- Weimar - Government met -G called it Weimar Republic
- Euphen+Malmedy -Given to Belgium
- Military Clauses
- 100k Men
- 6 Battleships
- No submarines
- No tanks
- No planes
- Conscription
- Results of T.O.V (severe)
- G lost land
- Take blame for war (Article 231: The war Guilt Clause)
- Reparations: 6600 million (Damage caused)
- Decided in 1921- changed later (would've taken G up to 1980s to pay)
- Lost empire: Areas around world called Mandates-run by League-Keep world peace
- REACTIONS TO THE TREATY
- JUSTIFIED
- War caused death+damage
- G= weak: no war repeats
- French+British citizens wanted revenge
- Politicians listened=stayed in power
- HARSH
- G left weak+resentful: anger = another war
- G couldn't afford reparations: new countries= poor
- Peacemakers- problems+pressure from people at home
- G couldn't defend self
- Industrial areas lost, unable to rebuild
- Lost pride, no armed forces
- Other countries armed
- Didn't accept defeat
- Economic crisis
- Lost colonies
- Lived under foreign rules in new countries
- PROBLEMS
- Europe unable to recover well
- G remained poor
- Self determination = difficult in Poland+Czech: different nation thrown together: artificial country
- No G, Russia, USA in L.O.N= Hard to keep peace
- G had no choice
- Anger
- Trouble