Germany Article 231

Article 160 in Source A explained that the German Army could not exceed one hundred thousand men and those men should only be in their territory. With this in place, Germany would have felt vulnerable and powerless since they would never be able to defend their country with such a low number of soldiers. Hence, this would make Germany determined to fight back and want to go to war.

Article 231 in Source A states that Germany was the sole reason for causing the war and therefore they should pay for any damage caused by the war. Source B shows what the Germans thought about Article 231 and how they did not agree with it as they alone were not guilty of having caused the war. Although Germany was involved in the war, they did not believe that they started the war. Ultimately, the war started after a Serbian killed the Austria-Hungary heir to the throne and Austria-Hungary fought back. Germany was only involved in the war because Russia attacked Austria-Hungary, with whom Germany had signed an alliance. This allegation would have made Germany feel discriminated against because they were not the only country involved in the
The French Prime Minister was saying, “Curious! I seem to hear a child weeping. “1940 class” is written above the weeping child. The title of the image is “Peace and future cannon fodder”. The title, talking about future cannon fodder, explains that many soldiers will soon be used as material for the war as the treaty did not solve much. The child is weeping with “1940 class” written above as the cartoonist predicted that the younger generation would have to fight in a war in the future. The image also shows oblivious leaders who believe that they had fixed the problem, without realising that their actions would have angered Germany. With Germany being furious at the terms given, a war would eventually break out as illustrated in the