The Treaty Of Versailles

Question 1

War guilt

Answer 1

Had to accept all responsibility for war

Question 2

Reparations

Answer 2

Originally set at 6.6£ billion

Question 3

Territories and colonies

Answer 3

Germany’s overseas empire to be taken away and given to other countries like the allies

Question 4

Germany armed forces

Answer 4

Conscription banned
Army limited to 100,000
No armoured vehicles
Rhineland demilitarised

Question 5

League of Nations

Answer 5

To be set up as an international police force

Germany couldn’t join until it proved it was peaceful

Question 6

Germany also lost

Answer 6

10% of land
Almost half iron and steel industries
12.5% population

Question 7

Treaty of st Germain

Answer 7

Dealt with Austria: 1919 September

Lost areas to Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia

Army reduced to 30,000

No anchullus

Lost the South Tyrol to Italy

Question 8

Treaty of Trianon

Answer 8

Dealt with Hungary: 1920 June

Lost land to Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia

Army reduced to 35,000

Question 9

Treaty of Neuilly

Answer 9

Dealt with Bulgaria: 1919 November

Lost land to Yugoslavia and Greece

Army reduced to 20,000

Question 10

Treaty of Sevres

Answer 10

Empire split and most of European land lost

Reparations to allies

Dealt with Turkish empire: 1920 august

Question 11

What did Britain think

Answer 11

Yeah too harsh

Question 12

What did France think

Answer 12

Not harsh enough - needed money to pay if war debt which the USA wouldn’t cancel

Question 13

What did turkey think

Answer 13

Nationalistic revolt leads to overthrow all of sultan and attacking of Greece to regain lost territory

Question 14

Effects of the war

Answer 14

9 million soldier from U.K. And France killed

Destroyed land from fighting like Ypres

Treaty of Brest Litovsk had been very harsh to Russia

French population in decline only 40 million while Germany has 75 million

Shortages of food and medicine

Question 15

Germany not at Paris peace conference

Answer 15

1919

Question 16

Why were Germans upset

Answer 16

Felt they hadn’t started the war

Didn’t even think they’d lost - didn’t know how bad situation was

The armed forces were a national symbol

Situation was very bad with little food

Not given self determination like other countries were

Loss of important industrial territory like the Saar

Not allowed to join League of Nations

Countries with german speakers like Czechoslovakia ruled by not germans

Question 17

When was Brest litovsk

Answer 17

1918

6 billion marks and lost of territory given to Ottoman Empire

Question 18

Impact of treaty on Germany

Answer 18

People unhappy Ebert signed treat

Revolution attempted and unsuccessful

When Germany fell behind on reparations in 1922, French took the Ruhr in 1923

Workers go on strike to stop french taking goods and French kill 100 workers in the Ruhr

Government print extra money which causes hyperinflation - workers paid daily - mark becomes worthless

Question 19

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 19

June 1919