How did the Germans react to the treaty of Versailles and why?
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... ld War, Germany had about 2.2 million troops and to go from this to 100,000 troops had very serious affects. There was a much greater number of unemployed as there was not enough employment for them all, so these ex-troops had to be paid benefit. This money had to be raised by increasing the taxes which made the whole of the country angry not just those who had lost their jobs. People no longer were given the chance to serve their country as the had been able to before. Germany had been greatly weakened so in the occasion of war Germany would not be able to defend herself. Also, Nationalists had been angered because their country was not as strong as it had been before. Germany had been punished territorially also. For example land such as Alsace Lorraine which Germany had taken from France was to be given back to France, the Saar coal fields was given back to Russia, and Germany lost all of its colonies and territories, and were given to Britain and France. This was to cause great disruption in Germany. Financially Germany was greatly affected. Because land w ...
