Germany's Compromises Under The Treaty Of Versailles

Under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was forced to make important and valuable territorial compromises. These compromises took place primarily along the eastern and western borders of the German territory. Perhaps the most important concession Germany had to make was to hand over the area of Alsace-Lorraine back to France. This area had been the subject of conflicts between the two nations for a very long time. This area had been previously handed over by France to Germany following the Germanic victory against the Second French Empire in the Franco-Prussian War.
France had lost comparatively more in human lives and in material damage than any other of the major nations involved in the war. More than two million Frenchmen in the prime of