World War II

World War II

1. Treaty of Versailles

   • The Treaty of Versailles was signed on the 28th of June 1919, near Paris.
   • VOCAB
     • Armistice: An agreement to stop fighting
     • National Self-Determination: The belief that national groups in Europe should be given their independence and have their own country
     • Diktat: A german word meaning dictated or imposed
     • Demilitarised zone: An area where it is forbidden to place military forces
   • Major provisions
     • MILITARY: * Germany's army had to be reduced to 100,000 men * Germany's navy had to be reduced to only a few ships on costal patrols * Germany could not develop a airforce
     • COLONIAL: Germany lost all colonies
     • Reparations: Germany had to pay for WWI
     • WAR GUILT: Germany had to take full responsibility for causing the war.
     • TERRITORIAL: * Germany had to return the territories they took from France * Germans coal producing area was put under international control and the coal was going to France * Posen was given to poland * The rhineland was to be a demilitrised zone
   • Consequences