Question

Discuss any three main clause of the Treaty of Versailles

Answer 1

The main terms of the Versailles Treaty were:

(1) the surrender of all German colonies as League of Nations mandates;

(2) the return of Alsace-Lorraine to France;

(3) cession of Eupen-Malmedy to Belgium, Memel to Lithuania, the Hultschin district to Czechoslovakia,

(4) Poznania, parts of East Prussia and Upper Silesia to Poland;

(5) Danzig to become a free city;

(6) plebiscites to be held in northern Schleswig to settle the Danish-German frontier;

(7) occupation and special status for the Saar under French control;

(8) demilitarization and a fifteen-year occupation of the Rhineland;

(9) an acceptance of Germany's guilt in causing the war.

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Answer 2

The main clauses of the Treaty of Versailles are:

• The districts of Alsace-Lorraine must be returned to France.
• Germany needs to accept that it initiated the war.
• Germany was denied unification with Austria.
• Germany had to pay a huge amount as reparations for the damage caused during the war.
• The league of nations must be established.
• Special status for the saar under french control.