Impact of Treaty of Versailles Flashcards
What were some of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
> Article 231 ‘War Guilt Clause’ - Germany had to take full blame for starting WW1
> Reparations of £6600 million to Allies for war damage
> Army reduced to 100,000- no tanks, no air force
> Germany lost 13% of land- Alsace-Lorraine to France, Anschluss (alliance) with Austria banned, over 6 million became non German citizens
> Germany not allowed to join League of Nations
How did Germany react to the Treaty?
> Many Germans angry at politicians who signed the armistice
> Politicians became known as ‘November Criminals’
> Violence in Berlin made it too dangerous to form new government there
> Government moved to Weimar and became a democracy under Friedrich Ebert