Question

What were the major provisions of treaty of Versailles

Answer 1

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 force and submarines.To ensure Germany's compliance, Allied forces captured and maintained a portion of German territory for 15 years.

The $31 billion fine later contributed to rise of Hitler.