History

• Treaty of Saint German = Austria (1919)

  • Army limited to 30,000 men
  • Forbidden to unite with Germany (No Anschluss)
  • Lost land to Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia, Italy and Romania.
  • The Air Force was banned
• Treaty of Sevres = (Turkey) Ottoman Empire (1920)

  • Army limited to 50,000 men
  • Limited navy
  • No Air force
  • The Ottoman Empire broke up
  • Lost land to the Middle East, Bulgaria and Greece
• Treaty of Trianon = Hungary (1920)

  • Army limited to 35,000 men
  • Lost land to Yugoslavia, Romania and Czechoslovakia
  • Lost 2/3 rd of the population as a result
  • Due to pay reparations (however couldn’t pay due to weak economy)
• Treaty of Versailles = Germany (1919)

  • Army limited to 100,000 men
  • Germany cannot join the League of Nations
  • Article 231 (War Guilt Clause)
  • Demilitarisation of the Rhineland
  • Saar 15 years to France
  • No Anschluss with Austria
  • Reparations of 132 billion gold marks or 6.6 Billion Pounds
  • Germany was forced to give up 13% of European land.
• Bulgaria: Treaty of Neuilley

  * Had to toally disarm* Ordered to pay $100m reparations* Lost land to neighbours such as Yugoslavia, Greece and Romania* Lost access to the seas