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Title: What were the terms of the treaty?


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What were the terms of the treaty?
Army reduced to 100 000 Navy of just 6 battle
ships no submarines No air force Land lost to
Belgium, France, Czechoslovakia, Poland,
Denmark Lost overseas colonies Reparations of
6.6 billion No military allowed in the
Rhineland Accept full blame for causing war the
War Guilt Clause
What aspects of the Treaty do you think Germans
hated the most and why?
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Why did Germans oppose it?
Felt humiliated by it had not negotiated it.
Forced to accept it. Germans called it the
Diktat. Many did not believe Germany had lost war
but had been betrayed by politicians in
Germany. Made to accept blame, lost land, money
very difficult to recover from it
Why did they accept it?
Had no choice! Accept the treaty or war will
continue and Germany will suffer even
more. Germany was too weak and damaged by war to
fight on. Many Germans promised to get revenge as
soon as they could
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