Question

Select the option(s) that form(s) a part of the criticism directed towards the Treaty of Versailles as a peace settlement.

• A. Bias against Germany in the provisions of the treaty
• B. The absence of several Allied powers from the peace negotiations
• C. Italy's disappointment at receiving only small territories after the war
• D. Huge reparations imposed on Germany

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C), (D)

Huge reparations imposed on Germany

The following statements form a part of the criticism directed towards the Treaty of Versailles as a peace settlement.

• The reparations of 6,600 million pounds were deemed to be beyond Germany’s capacity to pay.
• Despite suffering heavily, Italy was merely given few small areas such as Trieste, Istria, and South Tyrol.
• One of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points was the principle of self determination, which applied to all the people except the Germans.
• The defeated powers were absent from negotiations. The peace settlement was purely based on the principle, ‘to the victor belongs the spoils and the Allies are the victors’.