Title: what did the treaty of versailles do to germany? | Yahoo Answers
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what did the treaty of versailles do to germany?
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Content: Original figure was 6,600,000,000 goldmakrs, an very harsh but possible figure; this was reduced by the Dawes Plan and the Young Plan later). One must not forget that Germany enforced even harsher terms on Russia in the treaty of Brest-Litovsk, so the complaints may sound somewhat hypocritic. However, having to accept the blame really angered many Germans, as they saw the war as the result of everyone's mistakes. Another humuiliating condition was the ban from putting Germany soldiers into the Rhineland (next to France), which made the industrial area of Ruhr very vulnerable. Overall Germany lost about 10% of its industries. American loans, however, were helpful in paying the reparations and economy had every chance to recover (which it did). The wish to cancel the treaty's terms became dominant in German politicls until the end of the Weimar republic, with Gustav Stresemann attempting to do so by negotiations and Germany eventually going to WW2, and although the treaty was just one of the causes, it did play an important role. ...Show more
Anonymous
5 years ago
The tradition of reparations, which I presume is the subject of your question, goes back further than the First World War (crucial to the tradition is that the loser pays them – not the winner, which is why France, Serbia and Britain did not pay reparations). The loss of territory is also a traditional characteristic of treaties that conclude wars.