The Treaty Of Versailles

Question 1

What did the Germans expect?

Answer 1

A ceasefire: war had ended as a ‘draw’ (because the German army was still in France)

Question 2

What did the Germans get instead?

Answer 2

They couldn’t attend/voice they opinion and they had to sign the treaty or war.

Question 3

Terms of the treaty? (Military)

Answer 3

• Army reduced to 100,000
• No tanks/airforce/submarines
• 6 battleships and 12 destroyers
• Rhineland demilitarised
• Conscription banned

Question 4

Terms of the treaty? (Reparations)

Answer 4

• Set at £6.6billion (1921)

- Article 231: the ‘War Guilt ‘ Clause

Question 5

Terms of the treaty? (Territories)

Answer 5

• Overseas colonies (Africa/Asia) went to Britain and France
• France give Alsace-Lorraine
• Belgium given Eupen-Malmedy
• Poland given Posen, West Prussia and Upper Silesia (plebiscite in 1921)
• Denmark given Northern Schleswig
• Memel/Danzig became international cities under the LON
• No union with Austria (Anschluss)
• 3million Germans now in Czechoslovakia (were in Sudetenland)
• Saar coal mines given to France for 15 years

Question 6

Why did the Germans hate the treaty so much?

Answer 6

• Huge reparations meant ‘economic slavery’
• ‘Self-determination’ not applied to Germans
• Only country made to disarm
• Humiliated, lost their greatness (army)
• Disagreed with article 231
• Treated as if they lost/surrendered

Question 7

When was it signed?

Answer 7

June 1919