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Which weapons was Germany forbidden to manufacture under the Treaty of Versailles?
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Treaty of Versailles
The “Big Four” (left to right): David Lloyd George of Britain, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France, and Woodrow Wilson of the United States, the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles.
Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was subjected to strict military limitations intended to prevent it from posing a future threat to Europe. As part of these disarmament provisions, Germany was explicitly forbidden from manufacturing the following weapons:
- Tanks12
- Armoured cars2
- Submarines12
- Military airplanes12
- Poison gas12
In addition to these prohibitions, the treaty restricted the German army to 100,000 men, dissolved the general staff, and limited the navy to a small number of ships, including only six battleships and 30 smaller vessels. Furthermore, the production of weapons and munitions was restricted to a limited number of specified factories.12