Treaty of Versailles: Germany's Allowed Military Structure

This document looks like a photostat of the original copy of the Treat of Versailles. There are about 440 articles altogether in the treaty, but this section focuses mainly on the restricted military structure that Germany was permitted to implement after they lost the war to the Allied Forces. The first subsection was on State and Establishment of Army Corps, Headquarters staffs, and of Infantry and Calvary Divisions. The part stated what the maximum number of infantry divisions, officers, men for each unit, etc. that they were not to exceed at any cause. The second shows the table stating the limitations the Germans were to follow that related to the number of artillery each division was allowed to have with them. The third emphasized on the maximum stock they were entitled to hold. 

This relates to the situation in Germany directly because of these restrictions that the Allies have established on the nation. With all the defunct German air forces, submarines, ships, as well as the men who weren't chosen to become part of the 100 000 soldiers in the army, Germany suffered from extreme economical loss. In addition to dealing with their own problems, they also had to pay for all the damage done during the war to the civilian population and property of the Allied nations. They lost parts of their land and they accepted responsibility for all the loss and damage that has been suffered. The era after their defeat was most likely their most humiliating periods of time in history. Over the months and years to come after that, they were probably the laughing stock all over the world. Some would've taken advantage and put the blame of Germany for anything that they've stepped out of line for. With limited defense, government funding for the nation, the German economy probably wasn't flourishing as well as the other nations. They must've felt like the outcasts in the world for the years that followed the end of the first World War. The people of Germany paid the price heavily for what their ex-leader and his followers did when they tried to conquer most of the world.

The topic that my group and I are researching on is the general, overall, picture of the entire World War One. This document relates to my topic because the research that we will come up with will provide us with a good background on the events that led to the Germany's downfall and this Treaty of Versailles. We will have a better understanding of why this treaty came to be about, and what Germany did to the rest of the world that they deserved to pay the price all the damage done to the Allied Nations. 

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