Also, quick overview of the Treaty of Versailles:
•Territorial
Losses:
Alsace-Lorraine, Saar, Rhineland, Sudetenland
•Military
Losses:
allowed only an army of 100,000 men; demilitarization of the Rhineland; no
military airplanes, submarines, tanks, heavy artillery; navy only allowed a few
small ships
•Financial
Losses:
Germany to pay $33 Billion (damage created by war, Allied war
expenses)
•WAR
GUILT CLAUSE:
everything is Germany’s fault
Below you will find an article from Time Magazine reviewing the reparations owed by Germany from WWI. The Germans finally paid off their debt on October 3, 2010. $33 billion in debt in 1919 equals $402 billion today!
Germany's WWI Reparations- Finally Paid in Oct 2010
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