Read Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles. The Allied governments affirm, and Germany accepts, the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied governments and their peoples have been subjected as a consequence of the war. What was the consequence of Germany having to accept this article?

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Read Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles. The Allied governments affirm, and Germany accepts, the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied governments and their peoples have been subjected as a consequence of the war. What was the consequence of Germany having to accept this article?

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Germany lost it's colonies and had to take full responsibility for the war, Germany also could not have a military larger than 100,000 men and a navy of only 6 ships, and it was not allowed to place any troops in the Rhineland. Germany had to pay £6,600 million 'reparations' for damage done.