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The German delegation received The Treaty of Versailles on May 7,1919. The treaty forced Germany to leave European territories and over seas colonies. One portion of the treaty that was humiliating for Germany was Article 231, known as "War Guilt Clause". The treaty forced Germany to accept full responsibility for causing War World I. Germany was also forced to pay for the repairments. After war Germany's military was severely limited in armaments and size.The treaty didn't settle the dispute which had trigger War World I. Both militaries had lost a lot of their men. The treaty was represented to one of the platforms that gave radical right wing parties in Germany including Hitler's Nazi party. Germany promised to regain German territory. =Economics and Political Problems= ===Germany was in serious debt because of World War I. The Germans bought bonds because they thought they could win the war. Their debt ranked up to 156 billion dollars. The country's problem was known as inflation. At the end of the war the economy had collapsed. The repairment cost up to 132 billion dollars, the payed about 26 billion which was paid in cash and goods. The Germans isolated their democratic leaders, put effort to restore militarization and expansion. Political agitators left and severed prison sentences.===