The Treaty of Versailles

What is the treaty of VersaillesThe treaty of Versailles was a treaty written by *** in 1919. This was to create peace in Europe. There were a number of things that happened because of it. North Schleswig goes to Denmark Eupen and Mamedy go to Belgium Alsance Lorraine goes to France Poland was give a corridor to the Baltic sea, cutting Germany in half New Zealand was given Samoa, one of Germany's colonies, which they were forced to give up Memel goes to Lithuania Germany was forbidden from uniting with Austria Saar coalfields given to France for fifteen years so they could improve their economy Posen (rich farmland) was given to Poland Selsia was given to Poland Danzig became a free city run by the League of Nations The new German government, called the Weimar republic, met in Weimar Rhineland, strip of land between France and Germany, became demiltatarized. Germany was forced to disarm and have no air force or significant army or navy.There was also a war guilt clause that said that Germany had to accept responsibility for starting the war, even though this wasn't necessarily true.

German ReactionsThe Germans thought this was unfair (diktat). The newspapers called it a Gweltfrieden, which is a peace that is violently imposed. It was a 237 to 138 vote to accept the treaty, and they left it until 4 hour before the deadline. This caused the chancellor, Scheidmann, to resign because he was unhappy with it.Hitler called the politicians who accepted the treaty the 'November criminals'. He believed they had stabbed the army in the back, which is a phrase he used many times during his campaign.

French ReactionsThe french thought it was "to mild for its severity."