Treaty Of Versailles Flashcards
Who were the ‘November Criminals’?
The supposed Communists and Jews who had signed the armistice in November.
When was the Treaty of Versailles presented to the German Delegation?
7th May 1919
When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
28th June 1919
What articles allowed for the Treaty of Versailles to go forward?
Article 231 - War Guilt
Article 232 - Reparations
What governmental change would the Treaty of Versailles see?
Scheidemann’s Cabinet would resign in protest and be replaced by Gustav Bauer’s cabinet.
When were Germany given the reparations bill and how much was it?
1921 - 132,000 Gold Marks
What did France want out of the Treaty?
Clemenceau wanted security, compensation, revenge, and to cripple Germany.
What did the US want out of the Treaty?
National self-determination to build a more peaceful Europe, outlined in Wilson’s 14 Points (e.g. Point 10: Autonomy for peoples of Austria-Hungary).
What did Britain want out of the Treaty?
Lloyd George wanted to impose reparations but not cripple Germany to avoid making France too powerful.
What did Germany have to do even before reparations were set?
-Paid for the army in the Rhineland
-built over 200,000 tonnes of shipping a year for Allies
-handed over merchant ships over 1,600 tonnes
-handed over 1/4 of fishing boats.
What land did Germany lose?
Land gained in Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
-Upper Silesia
-Alsace and Lorraine
-Eupen and Malmédy
-Danzig Corridor.
What was the ‘greatest land loss’ and why?
Prussia – A symbolic land and a driving factor in the unification of Germany in 1871.
What were the military losses that Germany suffered?
-Rhineland demilitarized (no German troops)
-army limited to 100,000 troops
-no tanks
-no warships over 10,000 tonnes
-only 6 battleships, 6 cruisers, 12 destroyers
-no submarines
-no air force.
