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Why did the Germans object to the Treaty of Versaille?

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1.It was a dictated peace

• Germany wasn't at the Versaille discussion
• Criticisms in writing aloowed - they were ignored
• TOV is similar to what Germany did at treaty of Brest-Litovosk

2.Many provisions were not based on the 14 pts.

• Not valid
• Germany had ingnored 14 points when victory was in sight
• Many of the terms did comply

3.Loss of Territory in Europe

4. The loss of German African colonies

• Was just an excuse for Allies to get colonies

5. Dissarmamaent clause deeply resented

• Not enough men (100,000) to protect and police an unstable country
• Only Germany dissarmed - not other Allied countries - unfair

6. War guilt clause

• Unfair - Germans believed they weren't the only ones to blame
• They didn't mobilise their troops first, Russia did

7. Reparations (6600 million pounds)

• Too high
• Germany had also gone through a war, and was devastated by it
• Germany had lost much of its land, therfore its revenue, making it harder to repay
• (Note: Young plan in 1929, reduced this to 2000 million pounds)

However if Clemenceau had his way, it would have been harsher.

 

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