USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How many soldiers were Germany allow in their army?
A
100, 000
B
500, 000
C
1, 000, 000
D
They weren’t allowed any soldiers.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Kaiser Wilhelm II was the official Commander-in-Chief, but the Army chief of staff, Helmuth von Moltke was the effective leader in the field. Moltke was followed in this post by Erich von Falkenhayn (1914-16) and Paul von Hindenburg (1916-18). The German Army in 1914 comprised 25 corps (700, 000 men).

Detailed explanation-3: -Soldier numbers in the German Federal Armed Forces 2022, by type of service. As of December 2022, 56, 729 professional soldiers served in the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr).

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