"Perhaps the single greatest cause of World War II was born out of the peace treaty that ended World War I: the War guilt clause."
Germany "admits" guilty to starting the war
forced to accept all parts of the treaty
most hated part of the war by germans
New state of poland formed
New state of yugoslavia formed
Ottoman empire "sick man of europe" broken up, turkey formed
Austria and Hungary split
Czechoslovakia formed
Bulgaria, romania and albania formed
Estonia, latvia and lithuania formed
THe Results of the treaty of Versailles
Germany takes full responsibility for the war (War Guilt Clause)
Alsace-LOrraine returned to France
Poland gets a small strip of land to access the sea
All colonies surrendered to the League of Nations
100,000 man limit on the army
no navy or airforce
loss of merchant fleet
Demilitarized the rhineland
unification of austria and germany was forbidden (anschluss)
Germany "admits" guilty to starting the war
forced to accept all parts of the treaty
most hated part of the war by germans
New state of poland formed
New state of yugoslavia formed
Ottoman empire "sick man of europe" broken up, turkey formed
Austria and Hungary split
Czechoslovakia formed
Bulgaria, romania and albania formed
Estonia, latvia and lithuania formed
THe Results of the treaty of Versailles
Germany takes full responsibility for the war (War Guilt Clause)
Alsace-LOrraine returned to France
Poland gets a small strip of land to access the sea
All colonies surrendered to the League of Nations
100,000 man limit on the army
no navy or airforce
loss of merchant fleet
Demilitarized the rhineland
unification of austria and germany was forbidden (anschluss)