The Treaty of Versailles was signed in June 1919
Scheidemann’s SDP-Centre Party-Democratic Party coalition government even considered restarting the war rather than accept the terms of the Treaty.
The new Republic and its politicians were branded as 'June Criminals' for 'accepting' the Trerms of the Treaty
Another 'claim' was that the Weimar politicians had 'stabbed Germany in the back'.
The German army was restricted to 100,000 men.
The reparations payments were a cause of inflation in Germany
The War Guilt Clause (231) had little impact on the reputation / stability of the Government - German people were expecting it.
On the whole the treaty played a significant part in undermining the stability of the fledgling Republic.
The Kapp Putsch was a direct consequence of the Treaty of Versailles.
Philipp Scheidemann, the German Chancellor in June 1919 resigned rather than sign the treaty, saying, “May the hand wither that signs this treaty.”
The territorial losses of the Treaty were 'minimal' .
Walther Rathenau, the foreign minister, was assassinated by in 1922 for signing the treaty.
The Treay of Versailles was considered to be harsher than the Treaty of Brest Litovsok (The Treaty imposed by Germany on Russia)
Clemenceau’s main aim was to secure a ‘just and fair’ treaty?
Germany may have been ‘content’ with Wilson’s 14 Points.
The hyper-inflation of 1923 was a direct consequence of reparations.
