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THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES DBQ
DOCUMENT A
Germany offers to proceed with her own disarmament in advance of all other peoples, in order to
show that she will help to usher in the new era of the peace of justice. She gives up universal compulsory
service and reduces her army to 100,000 men, except as regards temporary measures. She even
renounces the warships which her enemies are still willing to leave in her hands. She stipulates, however,
that she shall be admitted forthwith as a State with equal rights into the League of Nations. She
stipulates that a genuine League of Nations shall come into being, embracing all peoples of goodwill, even
her enemies of today. The League must be inspired by a feeling of responsibility toward mankind and
have at its disposal a power to enforce its will sufficiently strong and trusty to protect the frontiers of its
members.
From the Leader of the German Peace Delegation Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau's Letter to
Paris Peace Conference President Georges Clemenceau on the Subject of Peace Terms, May
1919
DOCUMENT B
Article 124
Germany hereby undertakes to pay, in accordance with the estimate to be presented by the French
Government and approved by the Reparation Commission, reparation for damage suffered by French
nationals in the Cameroons or the frontier zone by reason of the acts of the German civil and military
authorities and of German private individuals during the period from January 1, 1900, to August 1, 1914.
From The Treaty of Versailles, June 28, 1919; the Treaty of Versailles was one of the main peace treaties
that was created to eliminate future wars.
DOCUMENT C
XIII. An independent Polish state should be erected which should include the territories inhabited by
indisputably Polish populations, which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and whose
political and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed by international covenant.
From Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, 1918; This was Wilson’s speech that served as a basis for peace
throughout Europe after WW1
DOCUMENT D
XIV. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording
mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.
From Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, 1918; This was Wilson’s speech that served as a basis for peace
throughout Europe after WW1
DOCUMENT E
The pictures are of Europe before the War and After the War. The two pictures display the changes that
Germany underwent due to the terms of the Versailles Treaty.
1. a) According to Document D what was the purpose of the League of Nations?
b) According to Document B what did Germany have to pay reparations for?
2. To what extent does Document D support the views in Document A?
3. With reference to their origins and purpose, assess the value and limitations of Documents E
and C for historians studying the changes European Geography endured after WW1?
4. Using the sources and your own knowledge, explain to what extent Germany changed after
the Versailles?