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7 aL Oana 1 War guilt 2 Reparat 3 German territories and colonies The terms of the Treaty of Versailles ‘None ofthe Big Thre was happy wth he eventual tems ofthe Treaty After montis of negotiation, each ofthem had to compromise on some oftheir aims, otherwise there Would never have been a treaty. ‘The main terms can be divided int ive areas. ‘This clause was simple but was seen bythe Germans as extremely harsh. Germany had to accept the blame for staring the war “The major powers agreed, without consulting Germany that Germany had o pay reparations to te Ales fo the damage caused by the wa. The exact igure was nt agreed un 1921 when it asset at $6 00 million ~ an enormous igure. Ith terms ofthe payments had not ater been changed under the Young Plan in 1929 (se page 736), Germany woold not have fished paying this unl 198 4) Germany's Buropean borders were very extensive and the section dealing wth German terior in Europe was a complicated pat ofthe Teay You can see the detail in Source 6 In adaition to these changes, the Teaty als forbade Germany to jin together (Anschluss) with its former aly Austria, SOURCE G key A Land ten a seo fon . aha u a Danes ever ses sy a eh ¥ = | ese Sats tom ) | Ristaintois t 3 { P ° 500m ‘Denmark ater |) Beale aveto or peste) § Dari ree ty) an By Langue of Neto. | -{thewasto gue » [Poland's sea ort Sealand an by Leaaoe tf atons ano then Blebiste tobe held ter 15 years lon betneen Asta aa 2 Ee ea Map showing the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on the borders of Europe.

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