Bitterness about the treaty
- Created by: Crmorgan2003
- Created on: 10-03-20 12:54
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- Bitterness about the Treaty of Versailles
- Weimar gov had NO choice but to sign the treaty in June 1919
- formally punished Germany for their involvement in WW1
- War Guilt Clause
- Germany had to accept total blame for WW1
- Forced to pay £6600 million in reparations
- Germans saw this as great humiliation
- Stab in the back myth
- The bitterness about the treaty led to this myth
- the Politicians had 'stabbed' Germany in the back by signing it
- The shame and humiliation of the treaty gave ammunition to the opponents of Weimar
- Weimar gov had NO choice but to sign the treaty in June 1919
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