p.74 – Only on insistance of Lloyd George… was a plesbicite held in those lands that had been under German sovereignty for centuries. In the plebiscite, 60% of the people voted to stay with Germany, but five-sixths of the industrial area and almost all the mines were ceded to Warsaw… The Hanseatic League port city of
Danzig, German for centuries, was declared a Free City and placed under League of Nations administration and Polish control. East Prussia was separated from Germany by a “Polish Corridior” that put a million Germans under Warsaw’s rule.
Versailles stripped from Germany 1/10 of her people and 1/8 of her territory.
Germany’s overseas empire, the third largest on Earth, was wholly confiscated. All private property of German citizens in German colonies was declared forfeit…
Germany’s African colonies were divided among South Africa, Britain, and France… Territories cut away, colonies gone, Germany was to have her limbs broken so she could never fight again.
Germany was forbidden ever again to build armored cars, tanks, heavy artillery, submarines, or an air force. The High Sea Fleet was seized as war booty, as was the German merchant fleet… The General Staff was abolished and
the army restricted to one hundred thousand men. Germany was to remain forever naked to her enemies.
p.75 – Germany be made to bear the full cost of the war – to include the pensions of Allied soldiers.