treaty of Versailles impact on Germany Flashcards
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Short term impact
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Germans had a strong impression that its army X lost the war.
Stabbed in the back by weak politicians when treaty was signed
2
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Medium term impact
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economic crisis 1922 = Germany fell behind reparations which led French and Belgian army to invade, humiliating & killed 130 civilians.
=> Hyperinflation (printed money to pay) Germans blamed government for poverty & economical hardship
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Long term impact
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Germans hated treaty of Versailles & Adolf Hiter’s party abused that hatred