the treaty of neuilly required germany to pay reparations after world war.
the treaty of neuilly required germany to pay reparations after world war.
which treaty required germany to pay reparations after world war?
treaty of neuilly
of the many provisions in the treaty, one of the most important and controversial required "germany [to] accept the responsibility of germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage" during the war (the other members of the central powers signed treaties containing similar articles). this article, article 231, later became known as the war guilt clause. the treaty required germany to disarm, make ample territorial concessions, and pay reparations to certain countries that had formed the entente powers. in 1921 the total cost of these reparations was assessed at 132 billion marks (then $31.4 billion or £6.6 billion, roughly equivalent to us$442 billion or uk£284 billion in 2020). at the time economists, notably john maynard keynes (a british delegate to the paris peace conference), predicted that the treaty was too harsh—a "carthaginian peace"—and said the reparations figure was excessive and counter-productive, views that, since then, have been the subject of ongoing debate by historians and economists. on the other hand, prominent figures on the allied side, such as french marshal ferdinand foch, criticized the treaty for treating germany too leniently.
treaty of versailles
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the versailles treaty required germany to pay reparations for the damage it did during the war. germany tried to avoid the obligation, but france used military force and occupied german industrial areas, making reparations the "chief battleground of the post-war era" and "the focus of the power struggle between france and germany over whether the versailles treaty was to be enforced or revised".
international relations (1919–1939)