germany signed the treaty of versailles in treaty of versailles.
germany signed the treaty of versailles in treaty of versailles.
when did germany signed the treaty of versailles?
treaty of versailles
on 28 june 1919, germany signed the treaty of versailles, a peace treaty which ended the formal state of war and imposed various punitive measures upon germany, including military restriction, loss of territory and colonies, war debt, and effective acceptance of blame for the initiation of hostilities in world war i. at the time of the armistice, an attempted communist revolution transpired (october 1918-august 1919), resulting in the abdication of the emperor of germany on 9 november 1918, and what became known as the weimar republic was subsequently established in the wake of the uprising. the transition from monarchy to republic was difficult, and many in the new government were not supportive of the democratic system of government. the officer class gave little support to the republic, and germany was forced to borrow money from the united states and others to pay its war debt, imposed by the treaty of versailles. in the early 1920s a period of hyperinflation made the "reichsmark" almost worthless. in january 1922, one us dollar was worth 191 marks, but by november of the same year it was equal to 4,200,000,000 marks.
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in addition to restricting the number of light cruisers germany could possess, the treaty of versailles also limited the capital ship strength of the new "reichsmarine" to six old pre-dreadnought battleships and placed restrictions on the size of replacement ships, with the intent of prohibiting ships more powerful than coastal defense ships from being built. the "reichsmarine" responded by designing the ; these heavy cruisers armed with guns were intended to break the naval clauses of versailles by significantly outgunning the new treaty cruisers being built by britain and france under the terms of the washington naval treaty, which were limited to guns. if britain and france agreed to abrogate the naval clauses of the versailles treaty, germany would abandon the new cruisers. france rejected the proposal, and so the three "deutschland"s were built, and a further two of the d-class were planned, though these were cancelled in favor of a larger derivative, the of fast battleships. when germany signed the anglo-german naval agreement in 1935, the "reichsmarine" was permitted to build five new heavy cruisers—the . plan z, approved in early 1939, projected a dozen p-class cruisers based on the "deutschland" design.
list of cruisers of germany