The war guilt clause
"Perhaps the single greatest cause of World War II was born out of the Peace Treaty that ended World War I: the War guilt clause."
-Germany was forced to admit responsibility for starting the war.
- Accept all terms of Treaty
The Results of the treaty of Versailles:
-Germany to accept full responsibility for the war (war guilt cause)
-Alsace-Lorraine returned to France
-Poland was given a strip of German land to access the sea
-All colonies surrendered to the League of nations
-100,00 man limit on the army
-No navy or air force
-Loss of merchant fleet
-Demilitarized the Rhineland
-Unification of Austria and Germany was forbidden
-Germany was forced to admit responsibility for starting the war.
- Accept all terms of Treaty
The Results of the treaty of Versailles:
-Germany to accept full responsibility for the war (war guilt cause)
-Alsace-Lorraine returned to France
-Poland was given a strip of German land to access the sea
-All colonies surrendered to the League of nations
-100,00 man limit on the army
-No navy or air force
-Loss of merchant fleet
-Demilitarized the Rhineland
-Unification of Austria and Germany was forbidden
“It must be thoroughly understood that the lost land will never be won back by solemn appeals to the God, nor by hopes in any League of Nations, but only by the force of arms.”
-Adolf Hitler
-Adolf Hitler
summary
The war guilt clause was made official after the Paris Peace Treaty conference, and made Germany totally responsible for the war, like it was their fault, and made them pay for all the damage that occurred during the war.