Chapter 2: Impact of the TOV on Germany

Question 1

When was the TOV signed?

Answer 1

28th June 1919

Question 2

How much of Germany’s territory was removed?

Answer 2

13%

Question 3

How much of iron core and arable land did Germany loose?

Answer 3

75% iron core

15% arable land

Question 4

How many men was the army capped to?

Answer 4

100,000 men

Question 5

How many men were in the German navy and how many battleships were they allowed?

Answer 5

15,000 men

6 Battleships

Question 6

How much reparations did Germany have to pay?

Answer 6

£6.6 billion

Question 7

What happened to the Saarland?

Answer 7

Placed under control of LON for 15 years

Question 8

What happened with Austria and Germany?

Answer 8

Anschluss was forbidden

Question 9

Was Germany allowed to join LON?

Answer 9

No

Question 10

Why did German people have resentment towards towards the treaty?

Answer 10

People were non living in non Germans states and still considered themselves as German

Question 11

Why was the war guilt clause seen as unjust national humiliation?

Answer 11

Because Germans believed they were forced into a just war against allies

Question 12

Why were people against the reperations?

Answer 12

Because they felt the level was too high and that it would cripple Germany’s economy

Question 13

In what treaty did Germany punish Russia more severly than the TOV?

Answer 13

Treaty of Brest-Livosk - March 1918

Question 14

Why did France want a harsher treatment towards Germany?

Answer 14

So they could never threaten them again

Question 15

What did Germany’s war aims of 1914 include?

Answer 15

The expansion Gemarny’s colonial empire and had very severe relations bill to be paid by defeated allies

Question 16

Why was the £6.6 billion reparations amount feaseable?

Answer 16

It was not beyond Germany’s capacity to pay

Question 17

Which chancellor wanted to reject the treaty?

Answer 17

Phillip Scheidemann

Question 18

Who led the cabinet after Phillip Scheidemann resigned?

Answer 18

Gustav Bauer

Question 19

What was the policy of fulfilment?

Answer 19

Germany but follow the terms of the treaty with hopes to change them in the future

Question 20

What were the people who signed the treaty known as?

Answer 20

November criminals

Question 21

What myth did Hindenburg actively promote?

Answer 21

Stab in the back myth

Question 22

Who did the stab in the back myth appeal to?

Answer 22

Ex-soldiers who ha suffered in fighting and when they returned home

Question 23

What was Britains opinion on the terms of the TOV?

Answer 23

They were satisfied that Germany had lost its overseas empire

Question 24

How did Britain see France?

Answer 24

Greedy and vindictive

Question 25

Why did France want to seek revenge?

Answer 25

They felt they had suffered the most during the war

Question 26

What were France’s key demands in the TOV?

Answer 26

1. Recovery of Alsace-Lorraine
2. Demilitarisation of Rhineland
3. Payment of reparartions

Question 27

How did France see the TOV?

Answer 27

They thought it was too lenient

Question 28

Did the US think the treaty was harsh?

Answer 28

Yes there was a widepspread opinion that it was unfair on Germany

Question 29

What did US believe Britain used the TOV as?

Answer 29

A way to enrich themselves at Germany’s expense

Question 30

What did the US refuse to do?

Answer 30

Join the LON