reparations

• Germany were forced to pay reparations for the damages caused by the war, but article 232 stated that germany would only pay compensation, not for all damages
• reparations were set at £6.6bn in April 1921, and Germany were ordered to pay in yearly installments of £100m
• these reparations payments crippled germany economically as germany relied on foreign loans to pay, meaning they had even more debt, causing mass resentment towards the government
• reparations were to be paid in the form of gold or foreign currency