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6) The Treaty of Versailles
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- 1What did Wilson want the most?Self Determination and a League of Nations.
- 2What did Clemenceau want the most?Revenge for the suffering and destruction caused by Germany.
- 3How much land did Germany lose?10% of its land and all of its overseas colonies.
- 4What was returned back to France?Alsace-Lorraine.
- 5Who was Germany forbidden to reunite with?Austria (Anschluss).
- 6Who controlled the Saar? How long was this for?The League of Nations.
For 15 years. - 7Germany lost all of its colonies, who gained them?The League of Nations gave Britain and France them.
- 8How many soldiers were Germany limited to?100,000 and conscription was banned.
- 9Was Germany allowed tanks?No they weren't.
- 10What was Germany allowed to have in there navy?6 battleships but no submarines.
- 11Was the German air force still allowed to run?No, it was said to be scrapped.
- 12Was Germany allowed to put troops on Rhineland? Why?No, because it was now a demilitarised zone.
- 13What was the allies meant to do for 15 and for how long?They was meant to keep an army of occupation on the west bank of Rhine for 15 years.
- 14What was the war guilt clause?It is where they had to accept blame for the war.
- 15What is meant by the term reparations?It is where a country had to pay for the cost of war.
- 16Who had to pay for the reparations of the war?Germany.
- 17How much was this amount?£6,600 million.
- 18Why was the League of Nations set up?It was to maintain international peace for the future.
- 19What was the main role in this?To ensure that the terms of the Treaty of Versailles were carried out.
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- GCSE History (2) First World War & Peacemaking, 1918-19) Flashcards on 6) The Treaty of Versailles, created by jadesilver on 14/12/2014.
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