Violation of the Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated
Powers and Germany, signed at Versailles, 28 June 1919, known as the
Versailles Treaty.
Particulars:
(1) In that Germany did, on and after 7 March 1936, maintain and
assemble armed forces and maintain and construct military fortifications
in the demilitarized zone of the Rhineland in violation of the
provisions of Articles 42 to 44 of the Treaty of Versailles.
(2) In that Germany did, on or about 13 March 1938, annex Austria into
the German Reich in violation of the provisions of Article 80 of the
Treaty of Versailles.
(3) In that Germany did, on or about 22 March 1939, incorporate the
District of Memel into the German Reich in violation of the provisions
of Article 99 of the Treaty of Versailles.
(4) In that Germany did, on or about 1 September 1939, incorporate the
Free City of Danzig into the German Reich in violation of the provisions
of Article 100 of the Treaty of Versailles.
(5) In that Germany did, on or about 16 March 1939, incorporate the
provinces of Bohemia and Moravia, formerly part of Czechoslovakia, into
the German Reich in violation of the provisions of Article 81 of the
Treaty of Versailles.
(6) In that Germany did, at various times in March 1935 and thereafter,
repudiate various parts of Part V, Military, Naval, and Air Clauses of
the Treaty of Versailles, by creating an air force, by use of compulsory
military service, by increasing the size of the army beyond treaty
limits, and by increasing the size of the navy beyond treaty limits.