WORLD WAR I
CONSEQUENCES OF WORLD WAR I
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Made them form an alliance
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Made them get rid of some of their territory
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Made them decrease their military
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Made them pay billions in reparations
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Made them increase their military for protection
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Detailed explanation-1: -The treaty forced Germany to disarm, to make territorial concessions, and to pay reparations to the Allied powers in the staggering amount of $5 billion.
Detailed explanation-2: -The document stripped Germany of 13 percent of its territory and one tenth of its population. The Rhineland was occupied and demilitarized, and German colonies were taken over by the new League of Nations. The German army was diminished to 100, 000 men and the country was forbidden to draft soldiers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Treaty of Versailles (signed in 1919) and the 1921 London Schedule of Payments required Germany to pay 132 billion gold marks (US$33 billion [all values are contemporary, unless otherwise stated]) in reparations to cover civilian damage caused during the war.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Treaty of Versailles didn’t just blame Germany for the war-it demanded financial restitution for the whole thing, to the tune of 132 billion gold marks, or more than $500 billion today.
Detailed explanation-5: -Few people in Germany noted the country’s final $94 million WWI reparations payment on Sunday. Some historians say that’s for the best. To some historians, World War I ended Sunday.