Consequences Of The Treaty Of Versailles

Though the treaty of versailles created peace and harmony in many nations after the first world war it left Germany to be humiliated and dishonored and to be worthless as a result Germany revolted, plunging the world into a second world war.

At the end of WWI many countries blamed Germany for starting the war. These countries used the Treaty of Versailles to punish Germany. These punishments included loss of land and military, infeasible reparations, and complete humiliation; this is how the Treaty of Versailles directly caused WWII.

Germany’s loss of territory was a major cause of the war. In document A the map referencing German territorial losses depicts the land lost after World War I. The Germans were forced to return Alsace-Lorraine back to France, the Polish Corridor was given to Poland and Danzig became a free city. Germany lost their territory along with the resources within the area such as coal and iron. Because of their loss in resources, their economy continued to decline as their reparations remained unpaid. In addition, in document A, Adolf

There are many things that the Treaty of Versailles help cause World War II. Economic losses, territory loss, overpowered by size, reparation and war guilt were causes that led to World War II. The Treaty of Versailles brought World War I to an end but began World War II.

World War II was undoubtedly one of the most important parts of not only U.S. history, but world history as well. But do you know what contributed to the start of the war? The Treaty of Versailles was created to stop World War I, and any other future wars that could occur. So how did the Treaty of Versailles contribute to the start of World war II? The Treaty took away much of Germany’s land, gridlocked the German military, forced war reparations on the German government, and ordered them to accept responsibility for causing the war.

While the land taken from them was not an overwhelmingly large piece of their country, it is large enough to infuriate the German people even more about the Allies stealing their very country. In addition, taking Alsace and Lorraine back from Germany reduced coal production by 40%, which means their efficiency was almost cut in half, which would have a big impact on multiple parts of their day-to-day life. In this document, it also includes a quote from a book Hitler wrote, Mein Kampf. Summarized, the quote says that the only way Germany could regain its dignity and reverse the Treaty was “by the sword.” Again, the Treaty was directly referenced, and while it was by Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party, he shares the opinion of others in Germany at the time.

The treaty of Versailles helped cause World War ll because it caused many germans to be angry and that caused them to want to follow Hitler and then a second world war had began. Using document number one which is German Territorial Losses it states, “No nation can remove this hand from its throat except by sword.” This shows that I can use this document to show the Treaty of Versailles helped world war ll by making Germany angry and bringing Hitler into power by him saying they he can help germany get out of the mess they are in by going to war or refusing to do what the treaty of Versailles said that Germany had to do. Document number two which is Treaty of Versailles Article 160 states, “the total number of of military troops in Germany must not exceed over one hundred thousand men…” This shows that the Treaty of Versailles helped cause WWii because it shows

The Treaty took territory away from Germany. Alsace and Lorraine, the Polish Corridor, and a small area north of East Prussia were taken, as well as all of Germany's colonies in Africa and the Pacific. Alsace and Lorraine was a particularly devastating loss because it was an area that produced 40% of Germany's coal (Doc A). The African colonies also caused significant economic losses. Taking the Polish Corridor and the area by Prussia left a section of Germany isolated from

As you can see on the map in document A Germany lost Alsace, Lorraine, and the Polish Corridor in the Treaty of Versailles. We can also see that the border between Germany and allied nations became a demilitarized zone. Due to this Germany lost forty percent of their coal production. In document A the excerpt from

Due to the harsh treaty of Versailles, the Germans lost two important pieces of territory: Alsace and

The Treaty of Versailles,which ended WWI, led to the start of WWII. The Germans as one of the axis powers in world war II were the cause of world war II. The Treaty of Versailles treated Germany harshly in at least three ways is Territorial Loss, Military Reduction and Economic Reparation and War Guilt.

After the war, Germany had several of its territories stripped from its sovereignty (Document A). It would lose what was the Polish Corridor in order to create the now country of Poland, (Document A). The Polish Corridor was very important, as Danzig was a port city that allowed the Baltic Sea to be open to the Germans for various trading routes, but also the Corridor was home to rich coals deposits that crucial to Germany’s economy at the time. Germany also lost territories to the west in which was called the “Demilitarized zone.” (Document A). This area of land included the Rhine River Valley, a historic and very industrial area that was also very critical in Germany’s economic decline, as it being lost would strip Germany of two industrialized areas that would produce goods for them to use and sell. However, the depression that would hit Germany did not end there as the Treaty of Versailles not only took key land from them but also forced them to pay the war debt or Reparations (Document C). According to The Economic Consequences of the Peace, Germany had to pay 367 billion US dollars over the course of 30 years starting in 1921, (Document B). They were furious of this, sparking the malice that would later form as a result of this document. They steadily paid this until 1933

Another reason for how the Versailles Treaty caused World War II is how it forced Germany to pay an unfair amount of reparations to the other major nations. As said in document C, article 233 of the Treaty, “The Commission shall … draw up a schedule of payments prescribing the time and manner for securing and discharging the entire obligations within a period of thirty years”. Despite Germany having some part in the chaos of WWI, the 132 billion gold marks that Germany had to pay every year was unnecessary, even when that number dropped 20 billion gold marks. This cruel way of compensation was hated by German citizens and when Hitler rose to power, he sought to stop this reparation payment cycle after the second year of paying. Finally, The Versailles Treaty placed the blame of the entire war on Germany.

Treaties are used to establish peace and agreement between different countries, however, in the case of The Treaty of Versailles, it had the opposite effect. It was signed on June 28th, 1919 by Germany and the Allies to put an end to the First World War. At this time it was unknown that it would actually be the factor that contributed to the beginning of the Second World War. The Treaty of Versailles greatly affected Germany’s economy by forcing them to pay reparations for all the damage that had been done during the war.

Germany was indeed not happy with the treaty of Versailles, a treaty signed in June, 28, 1919, of which 414 punishments to Germany are containing in its total 440 clauses. Among them, major pieces were taken to divide German’s boundaries and assign an unfavorable effect for Germany to pay reparations. According to the 119th article, it showed its territorial aspect by saying that “All Germany's colonies taken and given to France and Britain as 'mandates'”. Also, we can see its economic aspect from the 232nd article that “Germany would have to pay reparations, to be decided later - eventually set at 132 billion gold marks.” Most significant though is that the 231st article had said------“Germany was responsible for causing all the loss and damage caused by the war.”, and this truly led to a long period difficult for German people to