Treaty+of+Versailles+Summary

Post-War Problems Summary
-Germany and it's allies surrendered. The peace negotiations were held in Versailles, France in 1919 -Canada insisted that it have its own seat at the negotiations, for the first time ever, showing its increasing independence from Britain -Was Germany to be forgiven or punished? The allies decided to punish!

The Treaty can be summed up with the word BRAT as an acronym __**Blame**__-the countries involved in the treaty all blamed Germany __**Reparations**__-this was money that Germany had to pay to the other European nations __**Army**__-limited to 100,000 Germans soldiers with no airforce, U-boats or tanks __**Territory**__-important areas were taken from Germany and given to the other European nations. This angered Germans the most

-Germany was forced to sign this treaty. Their only other option was to be attacked. -The Germans were resentful and Hitler was able to use this resentment to gain power