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Chapter : 3. Nazism And The Rise Of Hitler
(A) Treaty of Versailles
(A) Treaty of Versailles : Germany signed a peace treaty with the Allies at Versailles according to which - (i) Germany lost its overseas colonies, a tenth of its population, 13 percent of its territories, 75 percent of its iron and 26 percent of its coal to France, Poland, Denmark and Lithuania. (ii) The Allied Powers demilitarised Germany to weaken its power. (iii) The War Guilt clause held Germany responsible for the war damages the Allied countries suffered. Germany was forced to pay compensation amounting to 6 billion pounds. (iv) The Allied armies also occupied the resource rich Rhineland for much of the 1920s.