Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Treaty of Versailles
- War Guilt
- Germany was declared entirely
responsible for starting the First
World War
- Therefore the Allies were entitled to
charge Germany for all the costs of
the war
- Military punishments
- Germany's army and navy
were cut back
- Army was limited to 100 000 men
and conscription was banned
- Conscription was
banned and men joining
the army had to serve for
a 12 year minim
- The Navy could have only 6
battleships and no tanks or
military planes
- This helped make it harder for
Germany to try to start a war
- But also made Germany feel
weak and threatened
- Empire Punishments
- Germany's territories around the world
e.g. Africa were given to other world
powers
- Britain, Australia and Japan were
given territories
- This took away a
source of income from
trade as well as power
- Germany was forbidden to unite
with Austria which was small and
weak after the war
- Cost of War
- Germany had to pay reparations money to the
countries damaged by war
- In total they had to pay $6
600 000 000
- This put Germany in
debt and caused the
economy to suffer
greatly
- Land Punishments
- Germany lost land it had captured
from other countries
- Alsace Lorraine and Saar was given back
to France
- Upper Silesia joined Poland though many
voted to stay with Germany
- Memel joined
Lithuania
- Many of the land taken was
rich in resources
- Taking them away took
away a source of income
for Germany