Why was the treaty of Versailles a humiliation for Germany ?
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# Germany lost its overseas colonies, a tenth of its population, 13% of its territories, 75% of its iron and 26% of its coal to France, Poland, Denmark and Lithuania.
# The Allied powers demilitarised Germany to weaken its power.
# The war guilt clause held Germany responsible for the war and damages the Allied countries suffered. Germany was forced to pay large amount of compensation.
# The Allied armies also occupied the resource-rich Rhineland for much of the 1920s.
The treaty was dictated against the defeated countries .
The treaty was designed to prevent Germany from going to war again.
Hence it was an unfair treaty as the terms of the treaty completely humiliated the Germans.
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.