C+T chapter 2 Treaty of Versailles

Question 1

When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

Answer 1

28 June 1919

Question 2

What were the restrictions of Germany’s navy?

Answer 2

• 15,000 men
• 1500 officers
• 6 battleships
• No submarines

Question 3

What union between Germany and … was banned?

Answer 3

Anschluss with Austria

Question 4

What were restrictions of Germany’s army?

Answer 4

• 100,000 men
• No conscription
• No tanks
• No air force

Question 5

What reparations did Germany pay?

Answer 5

£6.6 billion

Question 6

What was Article 231?

Answer 6

The war guilt clause - Germany and their allies had to accept full responsibility for starting the war.

Question 7

What were terms in the TofV about land?

Answer 7

• Danzig was taken from Germany and made into a free city under the League of Nations.
• The Saar, an industrial part of Germany with coal mines and natural resources, was put under the control of the League of Nations for 15 years.
• Germany’s colonies in Africa were given as mandates to the League of Nations, meaning Britain and France controlled them.
• The Rhineland was demilitarised.
  Germany lost 10% of its land, including; Alsace Lorraine (France), Eupen and Malmedy (Belgium), North Schleswig (Denmark), and Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia).
• Polish corridor, giving Poland sea access, spilt Germany in half.

Question 8

What did the Germans call the Treaty?

Answer 8

A diktat, since they had no say and were forced to sign it.