USA HISTORY

In the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was not allowed to have an air force. In which category does this decision belong?

(A) ** Militarism

(B) Alliances

(C) Imperialism

(D) Nationalism

Concept note-1: -Germany was not allowed to have submarines or an air force. It could have an army of only 100, 000 men and a navy of only 6 ships, and it was not allowed to place any troops in the Rhineland. Germany had to pay £6, 600 million ‘reparations’ for damage done. Germany lost land.

Concept note-2: -Article 198 prohibited Germany from having an air force, including naval air forces, and required Germany to hand over all aerial related materials. In conjunction, Germany was forbidden to manufacture or import aircraft or related material for a period of six months following the signing of the treaty.

Concept note-3: -The German army was restricted to 100, 000 men; the general staff was eliminated; the manufacture of armoured cars, tanks, submarines, airplanes, and poison gas was forbidden; and only a small number of specified factories could make weapons or munitions.

Concept note-4: -Germany and the other defeated powers-Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey-were not represented at the Paris Peace Conference.