Treaty of Versailles and the Weimar Republic

The new model Reichswehr armed forces, limited by the Treaty of Versailles to 100,000 army soldiers and 15,000 seamen, remains fully under the control of the German officer class despite its nominal re-organisation

Refuses to sign the Treaty of Versailles

Resigns rather than sign the Treaty of Versailles

Bauers cabinet approves the Treaty of Versailles to avoid an Allied invasion

Says "may the hand wither that signs such a Treaty". Resigns rather than sign the Treaty of Versailles

Alsace-Lorraine is ceded to France

Posen is ceded to Poland

Prussia is ceded to Poland

Included in the Treaty is the demilitarization of the Rhineland

The Treaty of Versailles is signed. Germany is to accept war guilt & pay reparations to the Allies. German colonies are divided between the Allies

Scheidemann resignes along with the DDP owing to disagreement with the Treaty of Versailles

Scheidemann resignes along with the DDP owing to disagreement with the Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles is ratified by Germany

The Treaty of Versailles comes into effect

Joseph Wirth becomes Chancellor and pursues a policy of fulfilment toward the Allied reparations settlement; Walther Rathenau becomes one of its prominent advocates.

Represents the trade-union movement during a nationwide protest highlighting the social and economic consequences attributed to the Versailles settlement.

The Republic claimed it could no longer afford the reparations payments required by the Versailles Treaty, and the Government defaulted on some payments, in response, French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr. Occupation of the Ruhr leads to hyper-inflation

At the end of the reparations moratorium, Germany cannot resume payments and defaults, France, accompanied by a token Belgian force, marches into the Ruhr Valley and sets up a military occupation. The Republic claimed it could no longer afford the reparations payments required by the Versailles Treaty, and the Government defaulted on some payments, in response, French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr

Proposes reciprocal recognition of Germany's western frontiers established at Versailles.

Follows Stresemanns proposal for a reciprocal of his countrys western frontiers as established under the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, as a means of facilitating Germany's rehabilitation among the western powers

Locarno leaves the German-Belgian boundary fixed on the Versailles line.

Germany accepts the Versailles-defined western boundary with France within the Rhineland settlement.

In its final form the Treaty of Mutual Guarantee, or Rhineland Pact, as it was more popularly known, confirmed Germany's frontiers with Belgium and France as established at Versailles, including the DMZ.

In its final form the Treaty of Mutual Guarantee, or Rhineland Pact, as it was more popularly known, confirmed Germany's frontiers with Belgium and France as established at Versailles, including the DMZ.

In its final form the Treaty of Mutual Guarantee, or Rhineland Pact, as it was more popularly known, confirmed Germany's frontiers with Belgium and France as established at Versailles, including the DMZ

Locarno confirms Germany's western frontiers created by the Versailles settlement.