Treaty Of Versailles Flashcards
When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
28th June 1919
Who was the prime minister for Britain when signing the Treaty?
David Lloyd George
Who was the prime minister for France when signing the Treaty?
Georges Clemenceau
Who was the prime minister for USA when signing the Treaty?
Woodrow Wilson
Did German have any power over the Treaty?
No
What happened in 1918? (3 answers)
Allies broke German front line
Germans couldn’t continue fighting
New government made peace with Allies
What did the Germans do to their emperor?
Over threw him
What was the Kaisers name that the Germans over threw ?
Kaiser Wilhelm II
What did France want?
Germany not to be a threat
What did Britain want?
Peace and no threat between the Empire
What did USA want?
Peace and blamed the Alliance system
Who got the blame for the war?
Germany
Which article said that Germany got the blame?
Article 231
How much land did Germany loose?
13%
What was reparations?
The amount of money Germany had to pay back
How much did Germany had to pay back?
£6.6 billion
When did Germany stop paying reparations?
1980
How was the armed forces reduced for Germany? (3 answers)
Reduced to 100,00 men
36 battle ships
No submarines
How did Germany see the Treaty?
Evil
How did Germany see the Allies?
Evil, greedy and wanted revenge
What did Germany think about the countries when signing the Treaty?
They thought the countries were gloating over the Treaty
Why were there posters of skinny children after the Treaty was signed?
Tells that people are starving due to the debt being paid out
What did Germans believe about the debt?
Reparations will run the country into the ground
How did the Germans feel toward the Government?
Hatred
Why did the Germans hate the Government?
Because they ‘stabbed’ the army in the back
How did the Germans react to Danzig getting taken away and why?
Made protests because they viewed that the land was taken away from them wrongly
What did the protests signs say about Danzig?
‘Danzig remains ours’
