The Treaty of Versailles Flashcards
Who were the ‘November Criminals’
The supposed Communists and Jews who had signed the armistice in November
When was the Treaty of Versailles presented to the German Delegation
7th May 1919
When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
28th June 1919
What articles allowed for the Treaty of Versailles to go forward?
Article 231 - War Guilt
Article 232 - Reparations
What Governmental change would the Treaty of Versailles see?
- Scheidemanns Cabinet would resign in protest
- Replaced by Gustav Bauer’s cabinet
When were Germany given the reparations bill and how much was it?
1921
132,000 Gold Marks
What did France want out of the Treaty?
Clemenceau wanted security, compensation, revenge and to cripple Germany
What did the US want out of the Treaty?
National Self Determination to build a more peaceful Europe, outlined in his 14 points
e.g 10) AUTONOMY for peoples of Austria-Hungary
What did Britain want out of the Treaty?
Lloyd George wanted to impose reparations but not cripple Germany, this would make France too powerful
What did Germany have to do even before reparations were set?
- Paid for the army in the Rhineland
- To build over 200,000 tonnes of shipping a year for allies
- Hand over merchant ships over 1,600 tonnes
- Hand Over 1/4 of fishing boats
What land did Germany lose?
- Land gained in Treaty of Brest - Litovsk
- Upper Silesia
- Alsace and Lorraine (French Border)
- Eupen and Malmédy (Belgium Border)
- Danzig Corridor to give Poland access to the sea
What was the ‘greatest land loss’ and why?
Prussia
- Was a symbolic land and driving factor in the unification of Germany in 1871
What were the military losses that Germany suffered?
- The Rhineland became a demilitarised buffer zone with no German troops
- German army was limited to 100,000 troops
- No tanks
- No warships over 10,000 tonnes
- 6 battleships, 6 cruisers, 12 destroyers
- No submarines
- No air force
