Germany had to accept all terms of the treaty, including territorial changes.
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War guilt clause Under article 231 of treaty of Versailles ⇒ Germany had to accept total blame for starting the war
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Reparations Germany had to pay 6.6 billion pounds ⇒ reparations to the allies for war damage. → figure was debated for some time and only set in 1921
Economic rights in China, Morocco, Egypt ⇒ fortified Saar coalfield to France for 15 years and huge quantities of raw materials given to allies.
- Territory Changes Germany’s land ⇒ redistributed amongst allied powers All overseas colonies in Africa and Asia were lost Alsace Lorraine and Saar coal region were given to France. Land between Germany and East Prussia ⇒ given out to form Polish corridor ⇒ to give Poland access to sea lost 10% of land lost 12.5% of population ⇒ forbidden to make an alliance with Austria to form Anschluss.
Former German colonies ⇒ became mandates controlled by LON ⇒ meant they effectively came under French or British control
- Armed forces (Demilitarization) Germany had to be reduced to well before pre war levels
- Army was limited to 100 000 men
- conscription was banned; soldiers had be volunteers
- no armored vehicles, submarines, aircrafts were allowed
- Navy could only have 6 battleships, with a size limited to 15000 men
- Border area Between Germany and France ⇒ Rhineland ⇒ demilitarized ⇒ no German forces or fortifications allowed there.
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Self determination People who previously belonged to Austria Hungary ⇒ given right to govern themselves.
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League of Nations → set up as an international body → to help countries resolve disputes + if necessary enforce decisions without war. Germany was not allowed to join Would it have felt left out like TF?