Terms of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles
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- Terms of the Treaty of Versailles
- Military terms
- No tanks or aircraft
- Army limited to 100,000 men
- No large battleships
- Most of its fleet was surrended to the Allies
- No submarines
- Territorial Terms
- Germany lost Alsace-Lorraine to France
- Germany lost all its colonies
- Union with Austria was forbidden
- The Saar was placed under League of Nations control. Its coalfields were to be controlled by France.
- Danzig was to be a free port under League of Nations control.
- The Rhineland was to become a demilitarised zone to act as a buffer between France and Germany. It was to be occupied by the Allies for 15 years.
- Reparations and War Guilt
- By Article 231 Germany and its allies had to accept full responsibility for causing the war.
- Provided a moral base for the Allied demands for reparations
- The main difficulty was deciding how much Germany could and should pay, and how this money should be divided among the Allies.
- A Reparations Commission was eventually set up to determine the amount Germany should pay.
- By Article 231 Germany and its allies had to accept full responsibility for causing the war.
- Military terms
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