Nazism And The Rise Of Hitler

Question
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Discuss the implications of Treaty of Versailles on Germany.

Solution

The peace treaty at Versailles with the Allies was a harsh and humiliating peace.
(i)Germany lost its overseas colonies, a tenth of its population, 13 per cent of its territories, 75 per cent of its iron and 26 per cent of its coal to France, Poland, Denmark and Lithuania.
(ii)The Allied Powers demilitarised Germany to weaken its power.
(iii)The War Guilt Clause held Germany responsible for the war and damages the Allied countries suffered.
(iv)Germany was forced to pay compensation amounting to £6 billion.
(v)The Allied armies also occupied the resource-rich Rhineland for much of the 1920s.

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