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Describe the limits placed on Germany's armed forces by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919

Germany’s army was reduced to a maximum of 100,000 men total, in a mandated organization of seven divisions of infantry, and three divisions of cavalry. The General Staff was abolished, and only one officers’ school was permitted per branch of the military (three total).


Paramilitary organizations were forbidden.


All fortifications and military facilities in the Rhineland were forcibly demilitarized or destroyed.


Restrictions were imposed on men training as soldiers, then leaving the military without long-term service, ostensibly to prevent Germany from building up a large, unofficial force of trained soldiers.


Germany’s navy was reduced to a maximum of six pre-dreadnought (outdated) battleships, six light cruisers, not to exceed 6,000 long tons, 12 destroyers, not to exceed 800 long tons, and 12 PT boats, not to exceed 200 long tons. Germany was not permitted any submarines under the Treaty. The navy's manpower was restricted to 15,000, including shore personnel and officers. The country was forbidden to maintain an air force.


Germany was banned from the international arms trade and forbidden to produce or stockpile tanks, armored vehicles, airplanes or chemical weapons.

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