The Treaty of Versailles and its effects on Germany -Disarmament of the Germany army (only 100,000 soldiers and 15,000 sailors were allowed) -Demolition of heavy weapons -Demilitarization of the Rheinland (region) and its besiegement -Germany has to pay reparations: the exact amount should be determined before 1921 -Germany loses the following territories: o Alsace - Lorraine o France can make economic use of the Saarland for 15 years o Eupen-Malmedy (to Belgium) o North-Schleswig Who made the Treaty of …
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…payments, the most ruinous part of the treaty, were suspended in 1931 and were never resumed. In 1935 Chancellor Adolf Hitler unilaterally cancelled the military clauses of the treaty, which in practice became a dead letter; in 1936 he began the remilitarization of the Rhineland. A vast literature has been written on the Paris Peace Conference and on the Treaty of Versailles, and controversy continues as to whether the treaty was just, too harsh, or not harsh enough.