Versailles

Question 1

What was article 231

Answer 1

War guilt clause, German people admit full responsibility for causing ww1

Question 2

Why was article 231 problematic

Answer 2

Germans didn’t cause the war, it was the kaiser, and Germans believed that allies had encircled Germany

Question 3

Army term of the treaty

Answer 3

100,000 men, 6 battleships, no submarines or airforce

Question 4

Reaction to the army term

Answer 4

Germany was once proud, now vulnerable, feel weak

Question 5

Reparations term info

Answer 5

£6.6 billion (£300 bil today)

Question 6

Reaction/effects of reparations

Answer 6

Crippled economy, jobs lost led to poverty, German people suffer

Question 7

Germany loses land term

Answer 7

Lost 70,000km^2, 13% all land , 75% iron ore, 68 zinc, 26 coal, 15 arable land, Rhineland demilitarised, Alsace Lorraine given to France, east Prussia retained by Germany, west Prussia given to Poland (polish corridor), Sudetenland given to Czechoslovakia, Danzig independent

Question 8

League of Nations

Answer 8

Organisation to ensure future peace, focussed of cooperation, Germany not allowed in

Question 9

Excluded from uniting?

Answer 9

Germany and Austria cannot uniting in an alliance