Question

The Treaty of Versailles $\left(1920\right)$ signed at the end of World War I, was harsh and humiliating for Germany, because

• A. All the above
• B. Germany lost its overseas colonies, and $13$ percent of its territories
• C. It lost $75\%$ of its iron and $26\%$ of its coal to France, Poland, Denmark and Lithuania, was forced to pay compensation of $6$ billion pounds
• D. The western powers demilitarised Germany and they occupied resource-rich Rhineland in the $1920s$

Answer 1

The correct option is A All the above

The Treaty of Versailles held Germany responsible for starting the war and imposed harsh penalties on the Germans, including loss of territory, massive reparations payments and demilitarization.