Lands changing hands
Oh Deutschland!
TofV trivia
New/revived countries
New masters
100
In the Treaty, France was given back this territory, which it had lost to Germany after the Franco-Prussian War of 1871.
What is Alsace-Lorraine (home of good German beer, sausages and plentiful sauerkraut)?
100
$33 billion.
What was Germany's final bill for reparations?
[In today's dollars, that $33 billion equals $4,638,942,000,000.]
100
The former leader of Germany was to be tried, but had fled to The Netherlands (which was neutral) and the Dutch would not release him. He died in 1941 in The Netherlands.
Who was Kaiser Wilhelm II (also known as the guy with the impressive mustache)?
100
This country, which used to be part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, gained its independence, thanks to the Treaty.
What is Czechoslovakia?
100
After the war, German Southwest Africa (aka: Namibia) was "given" to this country.
What is South Africa?
200
These were to be internationalized and not under state control, according to the Treaty.
What are German rivers?
200
200,000 tons
What amount of shipping was Germany required to build for the Allies?
And in addition, it had to give the Allies all merchant ships that were more than 1600 tons and 1/4 of its fishing fleet. (No more herring!)
200
This country was forbidden to manufacture heavy artillery, tanks, military airplanes, poison gas, vessels over 100,000 tons, submarines, etc. All wartime guns and weapons were to be melted down to scrap metal.
What was Deutschland (Germany)?
200
This country, which had been broken up as a nation since the late 18th century, was made independent and given a corridor to the Baltic Sea.
What is Poland?
200
After the war, Rwanda and Burundi, which had been part of German East Africa, were "given" to this country.
What is Belgium? (Seriously: Belgium? The country whose king ran the Congo oh-so-well?)
300
This highly prized region of Europe was split between these two countries.
What was Silesia, split between Poland and Czechoslovakia?
300
120,000 sheep, 140,000 milch cows (ages 2-6), 40,000 heifers, 15,000 sows, 10,300 filles and mares, 10,000 goats, 4,000 bulls (ages 1.5-3 years), 1,200 rams, and 700 stallions (age 3-7) PER MONTH
How much livestock did Germany have to "give" to Belgium and France each month, according to the Treaty of Versailles?
300
This city became an international city, under the aegis of the League of Nations.
What is Danzig (aka: Gdansk)?
300
This Scandinavian country was made independent thanks to the Treaty.
What is Finland?
300
After the war, the country of Cameroon (in German: Kamerun) was "given" to this country.
What is France?
400
In the Treaty, this country got South Tyrol and Istria (formerly part of Austria) and it acquired the port of Trieste.
What is Italy?
400
This partnership was verboten (forbidden) for Germany.
What was any alliance with Austria (or Hungary)?
400
In the Treaty, the left bank of this river was to be occupied by an international administration, led by the Allies, for fifteen years. The river's right bank was to be demilitarized, with no forts, army bases, weapons or soldiers were to be allowed into the region.
What is the Rhine (and the formation of the Rhineland)?
400
This new nation became a unified country/home for Slavs.
What is Yugoslavia?
400
After the war, Tanganyika (today known as Tanzania), part of what was German East Africa, was "given" to this country.
What is Great Britain?
500
In the Treaty, France got this piece of land, which had a valuable coalfield, for 15 years. After 15 years a referendum (plebiscite) would be held to decide which country this piece of land and its people would join.
What is the Saar (or Saarland)?
500
Article 231 said that Germany would have to admit to this.
What is "full and total blame for starting and continuing" World War I?
500
No more than 36 ships, no more U-boats, no more than 100,000 men in an army and a blown up Air Force, per the Treaty.
What was Germany permitted to have after the war?
500
These three Baltic nations were newly independent, thanks to the Treaty.
What are Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania?
500
After the Treaty was put in place, this country's citizens could theoretically drive from Cairo to Johannesburg and never leave lands that they controlled.
What is Great Britain?