Weimar germany

• The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919
• Germany's army was limited to 100,000 men
• Germany had to pay £6 billion in reparations (compensation)
• Germany lost 60% of its iron ore reserves as well as coal mines
• Germany had to pay £6 billion in reparations over 42 years (£33 million per year)
• Germany had to pay £6 billion in reparations over the course of 35 years
• The kaiser was forced to abdicate, as the allies refused to reach peace unless he did so. The kaiser lost control because low domestic productiproduction led to hunger, and a naval blockade by the allies meant they were starving, and October 1919, German sailors at kiel mutineed