Treaty signed between German and the Allied Powers. End
product of six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference.
The Key drivers of the Treaty were the Big Four - Woodrow
Wilson (US),
Georges
Clemenceau (France), David Lloyd George (UK) and Vittorio
Orlando (Italy)
The Key points from the Treaty are summarized below:
1. Germany had to accept Blame for the War - Clause 231.
2. A total payment of 6.6 Billion Pounds of Reparations was
to be paid by Germany
3. Germany was not allowed to have an air force and a
submarine fleet.
4. German navy could only have six Battleships. Her Army
could only have 100,000 men.
5. German troops were forbidden from the Rhineland
6. North Schleswig was handed over to Denmark
7. Eupen and Malmedy was given to Belgium.
8. Germany's International colonies were taken away from
her.
9. Saar coalfields given to France for 15 years.
9. Anschluss (Unification ) with Austria forbidden.
10. Posen given to Poland
11. Poland given a corridor to the Baltic Sea cutting off
East Prussia.
12. Danzig would be an International City
13. Alsace and Lorraine handed over to the French
14. Treaty had 440 clauses. The first 28 dealt with the
formation of the League of Nations.
15. Germany could not join the League of Nations.
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