Treaty of Versailles Flashcards
which country lost the most men?
germany
who was the prime minister of Britain at the end of the war and what did he want to do with germany?
David lloyd george:
the british public wanted to make germany payand kill kaiser wilhelm, but he didn’t want to humiliate the germans. he just wanted to keep them weak and reduce germanys navy (so it was no longer a threat to britain
who was the prime minister of france at the end of the war and what did he want to do with germany?
He wanted revenge and for germany to pay. He wanted to weaken germany’s army to stop them from attacking france ever again. He though this as france were one of the countries hit the worst with lots of land being destroyed and losingn 1.4 million people.
who was the president of the usa at the end of the war and what did he want to do with germany?
Woodrow Wilson. He wanted them to be able to rule themselves but wanted to prevent germany from becoming aggresive without punishing them too much. He thoght this as the usa only joined in 1917 and didn’t suffer much.
what were the main points of the treaty of versailles?
Blame, Reparations, Army, Territory.
B.R.A.T
how much did Germany have to pay and why did it make them angrier.
136,000 million marks (£6.6 billion)
They were already in debt from WW1 and had more destrction to deal with within the country. They had to find a way to raise this money and they did it by massively increasing taxes. this made ordinary germans very angry as they had done nothing wrong but were the ones who would feel the damage most.
what was the blame part of the treaty about?
there was a clause in the treaty that said germany were fully to blame for the war.The Germans were very angry as they never actually declared war. They also believed the blame should not be put entirely on them, it should be shared between them and austria-hungary. Ir was humiliating for ordinary germans as they never did anything bad they just had a bad goverment.
what did the military part of the treaty say and why did it anger germans?
that the army should be decreased to :
-100,00 men limited to use in germany
-0 tanks
-6 battle ships
-6 cruisers
-12 destroyers
-12 torpedo boats
-0 submarines
-0 airforce
-The rhineland was also demilitarised(border between france and germany) and french troops were placed there until 1930
-This angered germans as this put them at risk of being invaded
what was the territory part of the treaty about and why did it anger the germans?
Germany lost 11 colonies in africa and were all given to the allies.
they were also forced to give up a few other areas in europe
overall they lost 10% pop, 13% european territory, 50% iron, 15% of coal reserves.
this angered germany as one of the main reasons they joined the war was to build a large empire and now there very small one was being taken from them.
