early unpopularity

• who was the allie leader of britain?

  David Lloyd George
• who was the allie leader of france?

  Georges Clemenceau
• who was the allie leader of the usa?

  Woodrow Wilson
• what was article 231?

  said germany had to take the blame for the war and known as the ’war guilt clause’
• why was article 231 unpopular?

  germans felt humiliated by taking full blame
• what were germanys armed forces reduced to?

  100,000 men
• what wernt the armed forces allowed?

  vehicles, aircrafts or submarines
• how many warships were they allowed?

  6
• why was reduction of the armed forces unpopular?

  made germans feel vulnerable and unsafe
• how much in reparations was germany initially forced to pay?

  6600 million pounds
• why were forced reparations unpopular?

  felt unfair and could cause lasting damage to germanys economy
• what did germany loose?

  it’s empire
• what were mandates? 


  areas the previously belonged to germany but now were under the control of countiries on the winning side of the war by the league of nations
• what was the league of nations?

  first international organisation which aimed to settle international disutes peacfully
• why were mandates unpopular?

  they forced germans to become part of a new nation
• what was the germany military banned from?

  the rhineland
• what was the rhineland?

  an area of germany on the western border with france and was demilitarised and left germany open to attack from france, belgium and the netherlands
• what was a ‘diktat’

  a name for the treaty which meant it was thought that the treaty was forced upon germany
• who was named as ‘november criminals’?

  wiemar politicians
• why were weimar politicians named the ‘november criminals’?

  some germans believed the armistice was a mistake and felt stabbed in the back
• what did germany loose in treaty of versaille in relation to reparations?

  50% of iron and 15% of coal reserves
• what territory got taken in the treaty of versailles?

  13% of European territory, saar coalfields taken for 15 years by league of nations, alsace and lorraine to france, eupen and malmedy do belgium