part 1

• Alsace-Lorraine, Schleswig, Polish Corridor, Saar, Danzig were areas of land in Europe that Germany lost.
• Demilitarisation is the word which means that troops were not allowed in the Rhineland.
• Germany's colonies were given as League of Nations 'mandates' to Britain and France.
• Anschluss with Austria was forbidden in the Treaty.
• The Germans refused to agree to Clause 231 because they did not believe it was true and said Russia had started the war.
• Germany paid reparations in January 1921 because Britain, France and Belgium invaded.
• The Germans were angry about their tiny army because they could not defend themselves.
• German sailors scuttled (sank) the fleet.
• Germany lost 12% of its land as a result of the Treaty.
• The Germans thought the Treaty was unfair because they had not been asked to Versailles and few of the 14 Points got into the Treaty.
• When the Germans heard about the Treaty, they felt 'pain and anger' and called it 'the disgraceful Treaty'.
• The Treaty helped to rise to power people like Hitler.
• A German newspaper promised that they would never stop until they won back what they deserved.
• Clemenceau liked reparations, the demilitarised zone in the Rhineland, and the fact that France got Alsace-Lorraine and German colonies.
• Clemenceau disliked the Treaty because he wanted it to be harsher and for Germany to be split up into smaller countries.
• Wilson got the League of Nations and self-determination.
• Wilson hated the Treaty because some of his 14 Points did not get into the Treaty.
• When Wilson went back to America, the Senate refused to join the League of Nations and even refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles.
• Lloyd George liked that Britain got some German colonies and the small German navy.
• Lloyd George disliked the Treaty because he thought it was too harsh and would start another war in 25 years' time.