28 Jun 1919 Jahr - Treaty of Versailles signed

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Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles, a humiliating document that hurt them economically and militarily. They were not invited to the peace conference, and so they despised the treaty, calling it a dictated peace, or <b>Diktat</b>

The main points can be remembered with LAMB

<h3>Land</h3>
~ Land was taken from Germany and given to surrounding countries.
~ Any remaining colonies were given to either the UK or France.
~ They were prohibited from uniting with the new Austria.
~ The Rhineland was de-militarized - this was their border with France.
<p>The land taken away, such as the Saar and Alsace-Lorraine, was very important for the economy of Germany of steel, iron and coal, and had a severe impact on them.</p>

<h3>Army</h3>
~ The army must be made of no more than 100,000 soldiers.
~ Having an air force, tanks and submarines were all banned, as was research into these.
<p>This meant Germany could no longer be a great power, as it severely weakened it. They also could not defend themselves against any other attack. </p>

<h3>Money</h3>
~ Germany was forced to pay for all the damages in the war. This was called <b>war reparations</b>.
~The price was set to be £6.6 billion and to be paid annually.
~The majority of this would go to Belgium and France who suffered the most.
<p> The weakened Germany was already in debt, and could not afford the new terms. This would have meant they be paying back for roughly a century.</p>

<h3>Blame</h3>
~ Germany was expected to take full blame for the war.
~ This was known as the 'War Guilt' clause
<p>This allowed the treaty to be justified in its harshness. Germans hated this, as they believed the war was fought in self-defense, which was only partially true.
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By User:52 Pickup - Based on Afbeelding:Duitsland1914-1923.png from the Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3203936
See for full image of German's land losses.

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