THE TREATY OF VERSAILLESMajor Provisions

LEAGUE OF NATIONSInternational peace organization; enemy and neutral nations initially excluded

Germany and Russia excluded

TERRITORIAL LOSSESGermany returns Alsace-Lorraine to France; French border extended to west bank of Rhine River

Germany surrenders all of its overseas colonies in Africa and the Pacific

MILITARY RESTRICTIONSLimits set on the size of the German army

Germany prohibited from importing or manufacturing weapons or war material

Germany forbidden to build or buy submarines or have an air force

WAR GUILTSole responsibility for the war placed on Germany’s shoulders

Germany forced to pay the Allies $33 billion in reparations over 30 years

INTERPRETING CHARTS

1. In what ways did the treaty punish Germany?2. What two provinces were returned to France as

a result of the treaty?3. Were the Versailles treaties fair? Why or why

not? (consider all the nations affected)4. Why might the European Allies have been more

interested in punishing Germany than in creating a lasting peace?

5. How do you feel German citizens might have felt about the treaty? Was it fair/right?

6. If you had been apart of the Paris Peace Conference, what input would you have given to making the decision as to what should be done to Germany? Why? How might the others present responded to your input?