Question

What was the impact of treaty of versailles on germany?

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) German reparations of £6,600 million; (10) a ban on the union of Germany and Austria; (11) an acceptance of Germany's guilt in causing the war; (11) provision for the trial of the former Kaiser and other war leaders; (12) limitation of Germany's army to 100,000 men with no conscription, no tanks, no heavy artillery, no poison-gas supplies, no aircraft and no airships; (13) the limitation of the German Navy to vessels under 100,000 tons, with no submarines; Germany signed the Versailles Treaty under protest. The USA Congress refused to ratify the treaty. Many people in France and Britain were angry that there was no trial of the Kaiser or the other war leaders.

Answer 2

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 .

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.