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Mind Map by Beth Coiley, updated more than 1 year ago
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GCSE History - Terms of the Treaty of
Versailles
- Germany's Army
- Only allowed 100,000 soldiers
- Caused Germany to create a small,
but extremely well-trained army
- Caused Germany to create a small,
but extremely well-trained army
- No submarines
- 6 Battleships
- The German army scuttled itself in a gesture of defiance
- The German army scuttled itself in a gesture of defiance
- No aeroplanes
- Limited army reserves
- People joining the army had to stay in for
12 years - officers had to stay in for 25 years
- Limited amounts of people with military training
- People joining the army had to stay in for
12 years - officers had to stay in for 25 years
- No General Staff
- No planning for wars
- No planning for wars
- The west of the Rhineland and 50 kms east of the
River Rhine was made into a demilitarised zone (DMZ)
- The Allies had to keep an army of occupation on
the west bank of the Rhine for 15 years
- Only allowed 100,000 soldiers
- Germany's Land
- Land given away:
- Alsace-Lorraine returned to France
- Eupen and Malmedy given to Belgium
- Northern Schleswig given to Denmark
- Hultschin given to Czechoslovakia
- West Prussia, Posen and Upper Silesia given to Poland
- Alsace-Lorraine returned to France
- The Saar, Danzig and Memel put under
the control of the League of Nations
- The people of these regions would be allowed to vote
to stay in Germany or not in a future referendum.
- The people of these regions would be allowed to vote
to stay in Germany or not in a future referendum.
- The League of Nations took control of
Germany's overseas colonies.
- Germany had to return to Russia land
taken in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
- Some of this land was made into new states : Estonia, Lithuania
and Latvia. An enlarged Poland also received some of the land.
- Some of this land was made into new states : Estonia, Lithuania
and Latvia. An enlarged Poland also received some of the land.
- Land given away:
- Finances
- Coal from the Saar and Upper
Silesia was a vital economic loss.
- Germany had to pay 6.6bn in reparations
- Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria,
to keep economic potential to a minimum
- Coal from the Saar and Upper
Silesia was a vital economic loss.
- Clause 231
- The 'war guilt' clause
- Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war.
- Because of this clause, Germany was made to pay the reparations
- The amount was far too much for Germany to pay
- Many Germans felt they were being punished
for the mistakes of the government
- The 'war guilt' clause
- The treaty kept Germany weak, yet strong
enough to prevent the spread of communism,
which Lloyd George considered more of a priority
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