Weimar treaty of versailles

Question 1

Why was versailles unpopular

Answer 1

insulted German military tradition

• Germany had to give away territorial concessions - ethnic germans especially in Poland
• Germany had to pay reparations - damaged the economy
• A stab in the back myth was created

Question 2

What was the ‘stab in the back’ myth?

Answer 2

• WW1 lost due to betrayal of socialists, communists, Jews and politicians not the military
• Propaganda had promised victory, widely known that German army had occupied French territory when it surrendered
• PM meant that Germans believed army was invincible
• Treaty of Versailles further strengthened this

Question 3

Territorial concession in the treaty of Versailles

Answer 3

Alsace Lorraine was ceded to the French
German army couldn’t occupy the Rhineland
A polish corridor was created with east Prussia being separated from germany

Question 4

How much did Germany have to pay in reparations?

Answer 4

£6.6bn

Question 5

WHAT where the terms of the treaty of Versailles for the military

Answer 5

• Limited manpower
• Limited its navy
• Weren’t allowed new inventions from the First World War - submarines, tanks and airplanes