History of Europe

What changes to national borders were brought about the Treaty of Versailles?

Europe

* Germany lost Alsace-Lorraine to France.

* Germany lost Eupen-Malmédy to Belgium.

* Germany lost North Schleswig to Denmark.

* Germany lost West Prussia, Posen, and Upper Silesia to Poland.

* Germany lost the Hultschin Area and the City of Teschen to Czechoslovakia.

Africa

* Germany lost German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi) to the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Portugal.

* Germany lost German South-West Africa (modern-day Namibia) to the Union of South Africa.

* Germany lost Togoland (modern-day Togo and parts of Ghana) to France and the United Kingdom.

* Germany lost Kamerun (modern-day Cameroon) to France and the United Kingdom.

Asia

* Germany lost Jiaozhou Bay (modern-day Qingdao, China) to Japan.

* Germany lost the Mariana, Marshall, and Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean to Japan.

Middle East

* Germany lost the Ottoman Empire's former territories in the Middle East, including Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, to the League of Nations mandates of France and the United Kingdom.