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Territory

An easy way to remember the TOV is to use the term ‘TRAWL’. T is for Territory: the Germans had lots of land taken off them.

Colonies

Colonies

  • Germany's colonies in Africa were taken away and given to the League of Nations to control as ‘mandates’.
  • In reality, the countries that controlled them were Great Britain and France.
The Rhineland

The Rhineland

  • The Rhineland - an area of land between France and Germany - was demilitarized.
  • This was an area that was on the border of Germany.
  • This gave France security that Germany wouldn’t be strong enough militarily to attack them right on their border.
The Polish Corridor

The Polish Corridor

  • Germany was split as the Polish Corridor was given to Poland so that they could have access to sea trade.
  • Poland's emergence was a direct consequence of the Treaty of Versailles.
New countries

New countries

  • Eight new countries had been created from the Eastern Empires which included Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
  • Due to this, some countries had German-speaking people in them.
  • This would later prove a motivation for Hitler to reunite all German-speaking people.

Territory

An easy way to remember the TOV is to use the term ‘TRAWL’. T is for Territory: the Germans had lots of land taken off them.

Confiscated land

Confiscated land

  • 13% of all German land was taken away including areas such as:
    • Alsace Lorraine.
    • Eupen.
    • Malmedy.
Alsace Lorraine

Alsace Lorraine

  • Alsace Lorraine was given to France as it had previously been owned by the country before Germany had taken it in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War.
The Saar

The Saar

  • The Saar (Germany’s industrial area) was given to France as an insurance policy to make sure that they would promise to pay the reparations to France.
  • Then after 15 years, the people would be given the vote whether to return to Germany or not.
Anschluss

Anschluss

  • Germany had united with Austria in an alliance during the First World War.
  • One of the terms of the Treaty was that Germany wasn’t allowed to ever unite with Austria (Anschluss) again.
German citizens

German citizens

  • After the creation of new countries and the removal of German land, a total of 6 million German people were no longer living on German soil.
  • In total, 13% of all German land was taken away.
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Key Topics

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Conflict & Cooperation 1918-1939

1.1.1The Treaty of Versailles1.1.2The Terms of Versailles 11.1.3The Terms of Versailles 21.1.4Versailles & the League of Nations1.1.5LoN Successes & Failures1.1.6LoN Failure - Upper Silesia1.1.7LoN Failure - Corfu & Washington1.1.8End of Topic Test - Treaties and Agreements1.1.9The Great Depression1.1.10Tension in Europe in the 1930s1.1.11WWII & Failure of the League of Nations1.1.12End of Topic Test - Tension in the 1930s1.1.13Grade 9 - Conflict & Cooperation
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The Cold War 1945-c.1989

1.2.1Emerging US-Soviet Rivalry1.2.2Communism in the 20th Century1.2.3The Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan1.2.4East-West Alliances1.2.5Berlin Crises1.2.6The End of the Berlin Wall1.2.7End of Topic Test - East & West1.2.8Build-up to the Cuban Missile Crisis1.2.9The Cuban Missile Crisis1.2.10Cold War Conflict - Vietnam1.2.11Cold War Conflict - Afghanistan1.2.12End of Topic Test - The Cold War 1945-19891.2.13Grade 9 - The Cold War1.2.14Diagnostic Misconceptions - Russia vs USSR1.2.15Diagnostic Misconceptions - Stalin & the Atom Bomb1.2.16Diagnostic Misconceptions - The Iron Curtain1.2.17Diagnostic Misconceptions - The Truman Doctrine1.2.18Diagnostic Misconceptions - USSR vs Eastern Europe1.2.19Diagnostic Misconceptions - The Berlin Airlift1.2.20Diagnostic Misconceptions - The Berlin Wall1.2.21Diagnostic Misconceptions - Hungarian Uprising1.2.22Diagnostic Misconceptions - Stalin's Death1.2.23Diagnostic Misconceptions - Cuba1.2.24Diagnostic Misconceptions - Bay of Pigs
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From the End of the Cold War to 9/11

1.3.1Reagan & Gorbachev1.3.2Consequences of the Soviet War in Afghanistan1.3.3End of Topic Test - End of the Cold War to 9/111.3.4Grade 9 - The End of the Cold War1.3.5Diagnostic Misconceptions - Fall of the Wall
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Changing Interpretations

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Changing Interpretations

2.1.1Appeasement2.1.2The Responsibility for Cold War Tensions2.1.3End of Topic Test - Appeasement2.1.4Grade 9 - Changing Interpretations

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    Germany's colonies:Fill in the list
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  3. 3
    Changes to German territory in the Treaty of Versailles:True / false
  4. 4
    What was the purpose of the Polish Corridor? Multiple choice
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    Which of the following was NOT an area of Germany taken away by the Treaty of Versailles?Multiple choice
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