UNIT 1 CONFLICT AND CHALLENGE – THE WORLD OF 1919 TREATY OF VERSAILLES Was the Treaty of Versailles fair and reasonable? Terms Fair Not Fair Explanation Territorial Losses Alsace-Lorraine returned to France Moresnet, Eupen, Malmedy transferred to Belgium Danish-speaking northern half of Slesvig joined Denmark in a plebiscite Posen, West Prussia (Polish Corridor), Upper Silesia transferred to Poland Danzig became a free city administered by League of Nations Memel transferred to Lithuania ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Loss of Colonies Germany lost its colonies in Africa and Asia to the League of Nations who transferred them to various nations as mandates ☐ ☐ Military Restrictions Rhineland demilitarized and occupied by Allied troops for 15 years ☐ ☐
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UNIT 1 CONFLICT AND CHALLENGE – THE WORLD OF 1919
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
Was the Treaty of Versailles fair and reasonable?
Terms Fair Not Fair
Explanation
Territorial Losses
Alsace-Lorraine returned to France
Moresnet, Eupen, Malmedy transferred to Belgium
Danish-speaking northern half of Slesvig joined Denmark in a plebiscite
Posen, West Prussia (Polish Corridor), Upper Silesia transferred to Poland
Danzig became a free city administered by League of Nations
Memel transferred to Lithuania
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Loss of Colonies
Germany lost its colonies in Africa and Asia to the League of Nations who transferred them to various nations as mandates
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Military Restrictions
Rhineland demilitarized and occupied by Allied troops for 15 years
army limited to 100,000, no conscription, tanks were prohibited
air force prohibited
navy limited to 12 destroyers, 6 light cruisers, 6 battleships with a maximum 10,000 tonnes, and submarines prohibited
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pay war reparations to France and Belgium for damages caused during the war
1921 Reparations Commission assessed Germany $33 billion (included pensions and war debt)
pay reparations for shipping damage by turning over part of its merchant marine fleet to Britain
the coal mines of the Saar given to France for 15 years as compensation for the destruction of France’s northern coal mines by the retreating German army
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Article 231/Responsibility for the War
Germany obligated to accept responsibility for starting the war
“The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies”
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Anschluss/Union with Austria
unification between Germany and Austria forbidden ☐ ☐
League of Nations
Germany not allowed to be a member of the League ☐ ☐