Did the Treaty of Versailles Accomplish Peace?

The treaty of Versailles was a treaty signed at the end of World War I by Germany and the Allies. United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy negotiated the treaty at the peace conference held in Versailles beginning January 18, 1919. The treaty reduced Germany’s armed forces to very low levels and prohibited Germany from possessing certain kinds of weapons, it also established Germany’s liability for reparations. The treaty was supposed to ensure peace and help Europe recover from the war. In my opinion the treaty did not help with any of those two subjects.

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.

John May hand Keynes said “This treaty threatens the health and prosperity of the Allies themselves. By making impossible demands it leaves Europe unsettled than it found it”.

The treaty of the Versailles was an agreement between France, England and the United states. Its intentions were to prevent a second world war however, it was a total fail. An obvious reason for not being effective could be because not everyone was included in the conference such as Russia, and Central Powers. Instead, Prime minister George Clemenceau had thought he would speak for all of europe and wanted to be the strongest of europe. Clemenceau seeked revenge towards Germany, in fact he desired most dismantle the best of Germany 's military and their nationalist pride. As for the United States, Wilson implemented the fourteen points which focused on self determination of people. Only few of his points were included in the treaty but these points had been the reason for conflicts happening in europe. Participation from everyone is important and not allowing everyone 's input could lead to negative outcomes such as, The league of nations which most likely failed because the United States wasn’t allowed to participate.

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.

Document A discusses this by showing a map of what the geography of Germany had been after the Versailles Treaty terms, with Alsace and Lorraine, their main production of coal, now in possession of France. To put it another way, the process of Germany being stripped of some its land through the Versailles Treaty’s terms had provided an opportunity for the Germans to initiate war in order to regain their land and resources back, along with power. However, this is not the only instance of this, another document validates that the Versailles Treaty had helped cause WWII through its unjust terms. That document would be the famous book created by Adolf Hitler himself, “Mein Kampf”. In this segment of the book, it can be paraphrased that Hitler feels Germany is naive for believing that the Versailles Treaty will solve the conflicts between all of Europe, instead he recommends that Germany goes to war in order to destroy the unjust terms that oppress them because the restoration of Germany can only be achieved through blood. In other words, Hitler is saying that Germany needs to fight in order to rid themselves of the restrictions imposed by the Versailles Treaty because any peaceful means are flawed. Consequently, it can be inferred that because of the Versailles Treaty, it allowed Hitler to persuade Germany to fight to made the restrictions of the Versailles Treaty void all the more easy and because of this Germany becomes more of a threat thus making the nations ally and fight creating

This negative effect would soon also lead to the Second World War, where many young men’s lives were lost. Because the Senators and popular opposition knew that the Treaty of Versailles was wrong, they had a very big cause to oppose Wilson and defeat the

The First World War can only be described as having been devastating. Thanks to World War I, Europe was left in debt and largely devastated. Both sides, i.e. the winners and the losers, suffered casualties never experienced prior to the First Word War. Millions were killed and scores wounded. It is thus understandable that at the end of it all, the victors were seething with anger and seeking revenge. They sought to make those they blamed for the war as weak as possible and with this, the Treaty of Versailles was born. To date, this very treaty is regarded the major cause of the Second World War. Instead of creating peace, as it was intended, this treaty ended up triggering yet another conflict.

How significant was the Treaty of Versailles to Germany? This is the question that has been posed to us for our first analytical history essay. I will go into depth about my opinions on both the long-term and short-term effects of the Treaty of Versailles. I believe that the Treaty had a powerful impact on Germany- it practically ruined their economy, and gave the Germans all the more reason to hate the Allies, eventually contributing to the beginning of World War 2. Although the Allies had a right to demand certain things from Germany (as they were the instigators of the war), they should have been more lenient and taken Germany’s poor economic situation into account. The war was a mistake on the part of the German government, but it was the people who payed the price. I have taken into account Germany’s loss of territory, the war guilt, the economical effects of the Treaty, and the armaments and discussed them in this essay.

The Versailles Peace Treaty was signed in June 1919 after the First World War by the victorious Allies and defeated Germany and was intended to punish Germany for what was seen as her war guilt and to prevent her from becoming powerful enough again to disturb European peace. It was called a Carthaginian peace in the first instance by Jan Smuts (a member of the British Delegation at the Peace Conference in Paris) in a letter to Lloyd George dated 16th March 1919[1] and in 1920 by John Maynard Keynes (also a member of the British Delegation) in his book The Economic Consequences of

Even though the Treaty of Versailles did not manage to create peace, it was not a disaster. The Peace Treaty was nowhere near as harsh as the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk that the Germans imposed on Russia. World War Two is not the direct result of the Treaty itself, despite what we might say looking back on it, and we criticise the Treaty when it is very difficult to create a treaty that will please everyone. The Treaty of Versailles was not as harsh as the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which the Russians were forced to sign by Germany. Through the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was forced to give up 10% of its land, including Alsace-Lorraine that was given back to France, all overseas colonies, 12.5% of its population, 16% of its coalfields, and almost

The purpose of a peace treaty is to bring peace. Yet the 1919 Treaty of Versailles did just the opposite. With the German economy crippled, the German people feeling increasingly betrayed by their own government, the consequences that resonated off of the Treaty of Versailles led to tensions that ended up being the beginning of World War II. With the numerous consequences, and the apparent need to curb Germany's chances at recuperating after World War I, the peace makers of 1919 had written a document with the intention to create an environment in which peace could emerge, yet

The Versailles Treaty was signed to provide lasting international peace between European nations (Perry, 2013). The treaty granted international peace in the following ways. Germany was required to surrender sovereignty over all the former colonies. The colonies were put under League of Nations mandate under the control of the Allied states. The Treaty brought military restrictions thereby facilitating international disarmament. The treaty encouraged the German army demobilization limiting the number of soldiers to less than ten thousand German men. Military schools that were for officer training were limited to three. Paramilitary forces were prohibited. Germany was prohibited from importing and manufacturing aircrafts or related equipment

Following the cease fire of WWI, November 11, 1918, peace settlement was the goal for the Paris Peace conference. The goal of the peace settlement was to create perpetual peace throughout Europe. A notable document, the Treaty of Versailles stated the post war requirements Germany must fulfil, ultimately ended up as a failure. The treaty fundamentally failed to prevent another “Great War.” The requirements from the Treaty of Versailles, led economical failure and political instability which created the path for Hitler to come into power, a fascist dictator. Therefore, creating the environment possible for World War II.

The majority of Europe (especially France and Britain) and America were angry towards Germany for the war, and therefore created the Treaty of Versailles. The main points of the treaty