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Did the Treaty of Versailles Accomplish in Providing Peace?
The main goal of the Treaty of Versailles was to keep peace. Georges Clemenceau from France was part of the Big 3 and he utterly despised Germany. He believed that if Germany was weakened and broken down into little pieces they could never start another war or threaten France again. He mainly wanted Germany to be severely punished and they were. A large section of the Treaty dealt with the punishment of Germany because many others believed in the thinking of Clemenceau. Another part of the Treaty dealt with the League of Nations. The League was set to enforce the Treaty along with improving the world. The League had achieved many of its goals, but by the 1930 's it wasn 't
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For any country to face such matters brings anger among the suffering citizens. As said before it is natural for those citizens to want revenge and to despise the Treaty and all those who came up with it. These words would support the wanted accomplishment of the Treaty of Versailles if later Germany never started war again, but the opposite happened, so this primary source does prove that the Treaty did not accomplish in providing peace, rather it caused more wars. David Lloyd George predicted this not because he was psychic, but because he understood that the Treaty was too harsh and the psychology of the German citizens. He was not biased when he spoke this, he was logically thinking the situation through. For the person to comment that his own decisions were incorrect and to announce that it will cause problems shows that he had thoroughly thought ever detail through. Lloyd George is being neutral as he speaks this, he is not covering up for anyone or any decision. Both of these primary sources show that the Treaty of Versailles severely punished Germany but did not meet its goal, it did not bring peace.
Others may believe that there was a certain time period that the Treaty of Versailles brought peace. The League of Nations was set up by the Treaty in order to enforce it. The League did prevent many wars and it saved many lives, so this does count in preventing wars and keeping peace. From Encyclopedia Britannica in 1994 it says, " During
“Germany undertakes, that she will make compensation for all the damage done to the civilian population”(Doc C). Germany had to pay millions and billions of dollars for the damage they had caused. This can cause lots of conflict and hatred in other countries. The Treaty of Versailles caused Germany to lose lots of money, creating conflict, which they didn't like. How Germany overall felt about the Treaty of Versailles, of course, the Germans were very mad about the Treaty because of all the things it cost them.
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 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
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 politicians involved were put under a lot of pressure, but they managed to do a reasonable job. They were able to come to an agreement on the terms of the Treaty, as the War Guilt Clause ‘made German pay’ and could be seen as revenge. On the other hand, it could have been much harsher, as Clemenceau wanted to separate Germany into smaller states, but Wilson’s influence ensured that Germany’s punishment was not entirely unjust and unfair. The balance between Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Wilson’s aims for the Treaty meant that the Treaty would not have ended up too lenient towards Germany, as Wilson seemed to want, nor would the terms be very harsh, as Lloyd George and Clemenceau (publicly)
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 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
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.
The Treaty of Versailles was signed June 28th, 1919, about a year after WWl. The purpose of this agreement was to punish the Germans for their actions involved with the war. This treaty put an end to the war between the Allied Powers and Germany. Even though this might of seemed like well thought out plan in the beginning, it also came with many problems. (America: a Narrative History)
The Treaty of Versailles was the origin of all the problems that occurred to ignite the WWII. The treaty of Versailles was originally done to spread peace between countries and cool down the aggression that was spreading all over Europe. The treaty was believed to be an
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
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”.
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.
In the words of Combs, "many Europeans and Americans who witnessed the creation of the Treaty of Versailles predicted that its provisions would make a Second World War inevitable" (122). This is a position that has also been adopted by quite a number of historians with regard to