Treaty of Versailles

Question 1

How were German soldiers treated at the end of WW1?

Answer 1

treated as heroes
- thought they had won ww1
- had beaten Russia

Question 2

What was the name of the German-Russian treaty?

Answer 2

treaty of Brest-litovsk - 3rd March 1918

Question 3

What was the German-Russian treaty about?

Answer 3

Russia’s withdrawal from ww1
+ giving G:
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- Estonia
- some of white russia (west)

these areas were fertile + had economic resources

Question 4

What land did G lose in T of V?

Answer 4

• all land gained in the treaty of brest-litovsk
• Upper Silesia
• Alsace + Lorraine (on border w France)
• Eupen + Malmedy (on border w Belgium)
• G colonies given to Fr + Br
  Euopean land taken from G included areas rich in coal + iron

Question 5

What was Anschluss?

Answer 5

Term of T of V
= Germany forbidden to unite with Austria even if both wanted to

Question 6

What were the military consequences?

Answer 6

• Rhineland became a de-militarised ‘buffer-zone’ for France, remained German but no G troops to enter
• G army limited to 100,000 troops that could not leave G
• Not allowed tanks or heavy artillery
• G fleet only 6 warships, not allowed to have warships over 10,000 tonnes + couldn’t have any submarines
• not allowed an air force

Question 7

Other T of V terms?

Answer 7

• forced to accept responsibility for damage to the Allies = Article 231
• Had to pay reperations to Allies’ countries to rebuild them

Question 7

How much were the reperations?

Answer 7

Much arguing over the amount that G should pay
- in 1921, fixed at 132,000 million gold marks = £6.6 billion (at the time)

Question 8

What did G lose due to land loss?

Answer 8

• 10% loss of Industry
• 15% loss of Agriculture
• 6 million people lost