1 - impact of treaty of versailles

Question 1

When was the TOV signed?

Answer 1

1919

Question 2

Treaty of Versailles (1919) terms

Answer 2

• war guilt cause
• loss of territory (eg. Alsace-Lorraine)
• limited army/disarmament
• £6.6bill in reparations
• demilitarisation of the Rhineland
• disallowed from League of Nations

Question 3

land lost in the TOV

Answer 3

• Upper Silesia
• much of West Prussia & Posen
• Schleswig (given a plebiscite on whether to return to Denmark)
• Alsace-Lorraine (returned to France)
• Eupen & Malmedy (returned to Belgium)
• the Saar (under control of League of Nations for 15 yrs)
• the Rhineland (occupied by Allied forces for 15 yrs)

Question 4

military reductions from TOV

Answer 4

• army = 100,000 men
• navy = 15,000 men
• General Staff disbanded
• not allowed tanks, aircraft, submarines or poison gas
• number of ships = limited

Question 5

reparation payments

Answer 5

£6.6 billion

Question 6

harshness of TOV

Answer 6

• naval blockade was still in force & Allies were in Rhineland, ready to invade
• seizure of industrial lands & loss of colonies made it harder to pay reparations
• many Germans lived under Allied occupation or forced to live in other countries
• most Germans disapproved of the treaty & the govt lost support because of it
• creation of new, smaller states in Central Europe meant Germany was still strongest power there (& could soon recover)