WORLD HISTORY: AFTERMATH OF FIRST WORLD WAR – Part 3
TREATY OF VERSAILLES WITH GERMANY
After the war, a peace conference met in 1919 which came up with the Treaty of Versailles for Germany. Germany had to sign the treaty but she objected it strongly.
The terms of the Treaty of Versailles were as follows:
- Germany had to lose territory in Europe. For instance, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were taken away from Germany.
- Germany’s African colonies were taken away and became ‘mandates’ under League of Nations supervision.
- German armaments were strictly limited; For example, Germany was allowed a maximum of 100,000 troops.
- The War Guilt clause fixed the blame for the outbreak of the war solely on Germany and her allies. Germany was to pay reparations for damage done to the Allies.
- A League of Nations was formed.
