Treaty of Versailles Flashcards
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What were the conditions to do with the army?
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- Reduced to 100,000
- No tanks, submarine and airforce
- Battleships severely reduced
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What were the conditions to do with the land?
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- Lost all colonies
- Lost 13% of German land
- East Prussia separated from Germany by the ‘Polish Corridor’
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What were the conditions to do with money?
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Had to pay £6.6 billion in reparations
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What were the conditions to do with blame?
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Germany had to take all blame for starting the war
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What were the main suggestions Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points?
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- Open democracy (no secret agreements)
- Free seas and trade
- Fair treaty (it wasn’t all Germany’s fault)
- Reduced military for everyone
- The League of Nations guarantees independence for all countries
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What was the ‘stab in the back’ myth?
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Ebert and other communist and Jewish members of the new constitution had secretly plotted to make Germany lose the war by signing the armistice.
