elaborate the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles
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The treaty of Versailles was signed between Germany and the Allied powers (the United States, Britain, France, Italy and Japan) on 28 June 1919 and brought an official end to World War I. To sum it up, the treaty blamed Germany for causing world war one. The treaty also forbade a future union between Germany and Austria and also forbade Germany to join other league of Nations.
Some of the key provisions of the treaty were:
Germany lost a large tract of its territory (25,000 square miles) and millions of people (7,000,000) to the allied nations. Poland was the biggest beneficiary and gained almost 20,000 square miles of land.
Alsace and Lorraine were returned to France.
Germany was also held responsible for the war and was required to pay about $31 billion.
Germany ceded parts of her pre-war territories in Denmark, Belgium, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Germany was to be demilitarised. Strength of her army was limited to 100,000 and she was not required to have any air
The treaty of Versailles was the Treaty that was signed on 28 th June , 1919 .
The Treaty was decided by Woodrow Wilson , the President of U.S , George Clemenceau , the Prime Minister of France and Lloyd George , the Prime Minister of Britain .
The treaty was not a peaceful treaty as it was dictated against the defeated nations.
TERMS OF TREATY
The treaty declared Germany guilty of agression.
Germany was required to pay 33 billion dollars as war reparations .
Germany had to supply huge quantities of coal to the Allies.
Germany had to demilitarize the Rhine Valley.
Germany lost Alsace Lorraine to France .
Germany lost Eupen-et-Malmedy to Belgium .
She lost Schwelsig to Denmark .
She had to reduce her military .
She lost all her colonies and pre-war territories .
RESULTS OF THE TREATY
The treaty gave rise to the Second World War .
It was not a peaceful settlement .
The League of Nations could not do anything to stop Germany in the Second World War.