What did the treaty of versailles do to germany?
I assume you are going to mention the treaty as the cause of the WW2, as it did in a way open the way for Hitler to power. The treaty limited the German army to 100,000 men (unbelievably small number for a great power) and only 6 battleships without any submarines or air force (later Britain introduced a separate agreement allowed Germany to increase its navy up to 35% of the size of Britain’s Grand Fleet). Germany lost all the colonies gained during Weltpolitik, they were became League of Nation’s mandates run by Britain and France. Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria and lost Danzig, Alsace-Lorraine, which Germany captured off France earlier. Upper Silesia was divided between Germany and Poland according to the results of a referendum organized by the League. Germany also lost the Saar land, which was to be run by the League for 15 years and then a referendum was to be held (when it was, people chose to join Hitler’s Germany). This all was “unfair”, because Germans were effec
