Germany's objections to the Treaty of Versailles

Question 1

What did Germany call the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 1

Diktat - dictated peace (forced on them)

Question 2

Approximately what percentage of land and people did Germany lose in the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 2

10 % (6-7 million people and 72,500 km2 of land)

Question 3

Why was the creation of Polish corridor so upsetting?

Answer 3

Separated Germany from East Prussia

Question 4

What had the Fourteen Points said about armies and weapons?

Answer 4

For all to reduce them (in 1919 only Germany reduced forces)

Question 5

What did Germany argue about the amount of reparations set?

Answer 5

They couldn’t afford to pay. They had fought a war for 4 years and lost a lot of industrial land in the ToV.

Question 6

Why were German people angry about the ‘War Guilt’?

Answer 6

They felt it was the Kaiser’s and other countries fault. How could the new government be blamed for what had happened previously?