Question

Explain effects of 1st World War on Germany

Answer 1

Germany lost its overseas colonies, a tenth of its population, 13%of its territories, 75% of coal to France, Poland, Denmark, Lithunia.

The Allied Powers demilitarised Germany to weaken its powers

The war guilt cause held Germany responsible for the war and damage the Allied countries suffered Germany was forced to pay compensation amounting 6billion Euro

The Allied armies also occupied the resource rich Rhineland for much of the 1920s

Many Germans held the new Writer Republic responsible for not only the defeat in the war but disgrace at Versailles