Document 1: Excerpts from the Treaty of Versailles (1919) with Map

Part IV, Section I, Article 119
Germany surrenders all her rights and titles over her overseas countries.

Part IV, Section I, Article 159
The German military forces shall be demobilized and reduced, not to exceed 100,000 men.

Part V, Section II, Article 181
The German Navy must not exceed 6 battleships, 6 light cruisers, 12 destroyers, and 12 torpedo boats. No submarines are to be included.

Part V, Section II, Article 198
The Armed Forces of Germany must not include any military or naval air forces.

Part VIII, Section I, Article 231
Germany and her Allies accept the responsibility for causing all the loss and damage to the Allied Powers.

Part VIII, Section I, Article 233
Germany will pay for all the damages done to the civilian population and property of the Allied Governments. [The figure was later set at $33 billion.]

Part XIV, Section I, Article 428
To guarantee the execution of the Treaty, the German territory situated west of the Rhine will be occupied by Allied troops for fifteen years.

Part XIV, Section I, Article 431
The occupation forces will be withdrawn as soon as Germany complies with the Treaty.

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