Question

Which of the following was not one of the ways that Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 1

D. Running for president of Germany.

Hitler was the Chancellor of Germany, not the president.

Treaty of Versailles:

Article 160: “By a date which must not be later than March 31, 1920, the German Army must not comprise more than seven divisions of infantry and three divisions of cavalry. After that date, the total number of effectives in the Army of the States constituting Germany must not exceed one hundred thousand men, including officers and establishments of depots. The Army shall be devoted exclusively to the maintenance of order within the territory and to the control of the frontiers.”

- The German army can have no more than 100,00 soldiers.

Article 42: “Germany is forbidden to maintain or construct any fortifications either on the left bank of the Rhine or on the right bank to the west of a line drawn 50 kilometres to the East of the Rhine.”

- Rhineland was demilitarized.

Article 80: “Germany acknowledges and will respect strictly the independence of Austria within the frontiers which may be fixed in a treaty between that State and the Principal Allied and Associated Powers; she agrees that this independence shall be inalienable, except with the consent of the Council of the League of Nations.”

- Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria.