Many Germans believed that the treaty of Versailles imposed several harsh terms on them. One of those terms is Article 231, which required Germany to take absolute responsibility for the damages caused during the war. This caused most Germans to think of the treaty as humiliating since their army was limited to 100,000 men, they lost all overseas colonies and lost 10% of its population. Many Germans blamed the Weimar Republic since they believed signing the treaty resulted in many of the economic, military and political problems the country was facing. According to Richard J. Evans, in his book The Coming of the Third Reich, he states that the army and civil service of the Weimar Republic had a hard time adjusting to “the transition from the authoritarian Reich to the democratic Republic
Many Germans believed that the treaty of Versailles imposed several harsh terms on them. One of those terms is Article 231, which required Germany to take absolute responsibility for the damages caused during the war. This caused most Germans to think of the treaty as humiliating since their army was limited to 100,000 men, they lost all overseas colonies and lost 10% of its population. Many Germans blamed the Weimar Republic since they believed signing the treaty resulted in many of the economic, military and political problems the country was facing. According to Richard J. Evans, in his book The Coming of the Third Reich, he states that the army and civil service of the Weimar Republic had a hard time adjusting to “the transition from the authoritarian Reich to the democratic Republic