The Reasons And Effects Of The Treaty Of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles was a controversial treaty, not only because of what it embodied, but what it took to get the Treaty in motion. The Great War, or World War I, lasted between 1914 and 1918. This war occurred over a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, political alliances between nations, ethnic tensions in Europe, and most of all, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Austria-Hungary. With the bloody stalemate continuing without any end, the United States still held its position as a neutral world power, but events, such as the sinking of the Lusitania, caused the United States to recant its neutral position to a position in fighting against Germany. The end of World War I officially ended by the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, but wasn't signed by the U.S. Whether this was President Wilson's fault or the Senate's fault, has been questioned over the last decade.

The United States, sought a peace treaty that would address how World War I began. The United States also wanted a treaty that would not punish Germany for fear of instigating resentment with the German people, for example, resentment was one of the factors in the rise of the Nazi regime. The final version of the treaty did not sit well with President Wilson, even more, only eight of his Fourteen Points were actually merged into the Treaty. Some of Wilson’s points were not respected by either side, for instance, point five urged countries to work towards disarmament and reduction of munitions. President Wilson, initially regarded the Treaty as a means of a temporary fix to an unbalanced world. This regard was based on the fact that the President knew very little about Europe. Furthermore, President Wilson became extremely embittered as the corrections to the Treaty became more punitive towards Germany. Even though the United States successfully avoided a high casualty and damage rate from the war, likewise, President Wilson and the American people shared the same disappointment that he felt towards the Treaty of Versailles. Therefore, the treaty was greeted with disappointment in the United States and due to the ‘fourteenth point- The League of Nations, Congress refused to ratify it.

The Treaty of Versailles was imposed on Germany by the Triple Entente, France, Russia, and Great Britain, at the end of World War 1. France used the treaty to get revenge and security, while Britain wanted imperial gains and Italy and Japan wanted territorial gains. The treaty stated that Germany must: limit its army to 100,000 men, give up its colonial possessions, pay reparations to the winning state, accept full responsibility for the war, and allow the Rhineland to be occupied for 15 years. Germany was also forced to sign the treaty in order to remain a unified country. The United States wanted to gain world peace and continued world trade from the treaty. Due to this, Woodrow Wilson backed out of the treaty and withdrew the United States involvement. Wilson came to Versailles hoping that measures would be taken to restore peace with Europe. However, once he read the treaty he soon learned that the last thing that would be achieved was peace. He was appalled by the enormous weight put on Germany’s shoulders, and even said, “the exactions of this treaty are more than the German people can bear.” Wilson wanted an end to come to all the alliances that had started World War One. He thought the Treaty would achieve this, but in his opinion, it only increased the divide between Germany and other European countries. Wilson even offered a counter proposal stating that Germany offers to proceed with their own disarmament in advance, in order to show that they will help to

The role of a treaty is to serve as the compromise between parties involved in a particular debacle when they must decide on a solution that will ensure that said debacle does not result once more. If the treaty does not fulfill its necessary duties, it is considered ineffective. The Treaty of Versailles, while it was just in holding Germany accountable, was too harsh on the defeated powers and created unnecessary economic turmoil in Germany and most of Europe by imposing all too much on the nation and therefore was an ineffective treaty.

One of the necessities of the Treaty of Versailles set up a League of Nations to serve as an international unit and help prevent another world war. In Wilson's 14 points, he outlined provisions for peace in Europe. One of the provisions was

The Treaty of Versailles inclination was against Germany and its principal point was to punish Germany. Germany took it as an insult. It was the defeat of Germany and finished its imperialism in Europe after defeating France in the Prussian war. This treaty led Germany into a great depression and caused it economic destruction. It led into World War II.

¨Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” These wise words were once spoken by the great leader Ronald Reagan. Once thinking through the quote, it is seen that without having conflict, it does not mean that there is peace, but peace occurs when you can handle conflicts with restfulness. The commencement of WWI started an event that would change many countries. The Treaty of Versailles was created with the intent to have a continuous peace. It essentially blamed Germany for the cause of World War I, which angered Germany, for they did not believe they caused the War. No one finds joy in being at the hand of a punishment. The average human makes over 700,000 choices in their lifetimes, one of them is bound to be a bad one. The Treaty of Versailles did lead to World War I because Germany was resentful due to being blamed, Germany's economy and country was left in ruins, and Germany had to pay several repercussions.

The fourteen points. President Woodrow Wilson wrote fourteen points ten months before the war ended. Eight of the points based on specifically territorial and political settlements. The remaining points focused primarily on preventing future war. The last point proposed a League of Nations to arbitrate international disputes. The treaty of Versailles was presented to Germany after their defeat. The war would have peace and end a war without victory. The Treaty of Versailles blamed Germany for initiating the war in article 231 the“War Guilt Clause”.

First, the Treaty of Versailles was created to solve an urgent problem. Armistice (a truce) between the Allies and Germany ended World War One on Nov. 11, 1918, but the war wasn't formally over until the Treaty of Versailles was signed June 28, 1919. It was meant to establish a lasting peace by punishing Germany and setting up a League of Nations to solve their problems. The League of Nations was founded by President Woodrow Wilson, and it was created as a result of the paris peace conference that ended the first war. Even though the treaty left political and geographical difficulties that have been known to be blamed for start World War Two, it ended WWI. Another reason to creating the treaty is that “We [David Lloyd George] want a peace

The Treaty of Versailles was written after WWI by the Allies (Great Britain, United States, France and Italy) and basically placed all the blame on Germany thus eventually causing WWII to break out. The “peace” treaty was signed on June 28, 1919 at the Palace of Versailles in Paris, France. It was supposed to ensure peace between the countries after months of violence and destruction, but in the long run it only created more chaos.

After the allied power gain victory, considering German as the “chief instigator of the conflicts”(10 phone), the treaty of Versailles was created “for German leaders to sign on May 7, 1919”(10). “The Big Four”, often refers to the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Italy dominated the creating process of the signing of the treaty. The treaty included economic restriction and punishment as well as territory concedes. The oversea colonies of Germany becomes under control of the League of Nation. With a total of 10% of German’s land was surrendered. In article 231, which is known as the “War Guilt clause”, forced Germany to accept complete responsibility for starting WWI (10). More restriction was composed such as Germany was “ forbidden

WWI was a major shot for the world. It left Europe corrupted , and the victors looking for revenge. Allies making the treaty should have been worried about the future, they allowed themselves to become involved with worries about power making the Germans as weak as possible. The Treaty Of Versailles signed on June 28th, 1919 was created to make peace, and ended the state of war between Germany and Allied powers. The treaty forced Germany to lose territory and caused serious problems. Such as weakening Germany's government, the rise of fascism and Hitler in Germany after world war I.

The Treaty of Versailles was unfair, strict and cruel to Germany, how it compared to Wilson’s Fourteen Points, and how it affected Germany postwar. The Treaty of Versailles wanted Germany to admit it was all their fault. Between the Treaty of Versailles and Wilson’s Fourteen Points, the Fourteen Points isn't as hard on Germany as the Treaty of Versailles. Germany has to pay billions in war debt, which made their country starve. The Treaty of Versailles was very cruel to Germany due to unfairness, all the war debt which they are still paying today, and how it affects them after the war. The Treaty of Versailles, which was the official end of World War I, was the main cause that led to World War II. The Treaty was unfair and cruel to Germany which caused World War II.

After Germany lost WWI, the Germans were forced to sign a treaty, which blamed Germany for starting the war. The Treaty of Versailles was signed June 28,1919 in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles (see figure 1). The signing of the treaty was attended by 3 important world leaders: President Wilson from the USA, Lloyd George from Britain, and Clemenceau from France. However, they all signed the treaty for different reasons. Wilson believed in self-determination and thought that people should have their own ethnic boundaries, so he wanted an ethnic boundary for Poland. Lloyd George wanted to stop the rise of Russia with Cordon Sanitaire, and Clemenceau wanted to punish Germany as revenge, and giving Poland back its land

The Treaty of Versailles brought peace to many of countries when the war ended. When the Treaty came about Germany was not at the peace table at all. Germany felt that with the Treaty of Versailles to bring peace to many of the countries who had fought in the war. Germany felt that they had lost their dignity and pride. The Treaty helped Hitler rise to power in Germany. During the early 1930s Germany was grim about