The Treaty Of Versailles: The First World War

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.

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 Versailles Treaty was when the Big Four countries met together to see what could be done to help end the war and for it not to happen again. These Big Four countries were the ones that controlled the negotiations and made the decisions, people could make suggestions, but it was up to those countries. These Big Four countries were Britain, France, Italy, and the United States. These states were trying to get their wishes to come reality, and hopefully not starting another war. This leading to Germany becoming very weak and without a way to fight for a very long time, which was about 20 years. The Treaty of Versailles was actually a very big contribution for starting World War II.

Germany was responsible for a large portion of damage inflicted during WWI. This lead to the Versailles Treaty obligating Germany to pay reparations to repair the damage inflicted during the war. Articles 232 and 233 of the Versailles Treated required Germany to pay a $341 billion in a thirty-year period. At first, Germany felt angry and humiliated for having to pay these reparations, so they decided to pay an insignificant amount of money each time they made a payment. (Doc C) These reparation fees have upset Germany increased the rising tensions between Germany and the Allied

In 1918, Woodrow Wilson introduced to the world his “14 Points”, in which they laid a foundation for a just, lasting peace. Even though it was rejected by many American Allies it helped with the surrender of the Germans in 1918. He had 14 main ideas and in those 14 main ideas, they affected the fate of the war. Point 1 had the main idea of announced secret treaties. He felt like treaties should not

The Treaty of Versailles was penned during the Paris Peace Conference, mainly to decide upon Germany’s consequences for beginning World War One. When Germany signed the treaty, it lost a tenth of its land to surrounding countries. Not only did they lose part of their country, but they also lost their overseas territories, including Chinese ports, Pacific Islands, and African colonies. One of the actual causes of the war was that Germany wanted ‘a place in the sun’, and requested

After years of extreme devastation and gruesome bloodshed, World War I concluded on November 11th, 1918 as the Allied Powers claimed victory and the Axis Powers accepted defeat. In order to promote peace, finalize the outcome and prevent another large scale war, the victorious Allied Powers created a treaty, the Treaty of Versailles. Under the terms and conditions of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany and its allies were harshly sanctioned. Germany, viewed by the Allied Powers as the primary inciter of World War I, received the worst repercussions and was forced to single-handedly bear the financial burden of paying for the entire war. Leaving Germany, an already depleted country, accountable for all war reparations sent them into deep depression and great desperation. Ultimately, Germany’s deplorable state led the nation to turn to the infamous radical leader, Adolf Hitler, who provoked World War II.

The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919, was a peace settlement between the Allied Powers and Germany and it virtually ended the war. The treaty forced Germany to accept full responsibility for the war and peacefully cooperate with the reparations they were asked to pay. Germany was required to make territorial concessions along its eastern and western borders. Being the subject of dispute between France and Germany for a very long time, the ceding of Alsace-Lorraine back to France was a very important event. Along with the land concessions Germany was also forced to pay a great deal of money putting their already failing economy in a downward spiral. Many believe that because the conditions in the Treaty of Versailles were so punitive it laid the foundation for the uprising of Nazi power in Germany, in other words the second World

The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement signed after World War one on June 28, 1919. The main three or better known as the Big Three, that were involved with the treaty included David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson. The main objective that the Treaty of Versailles advocated was that Germany should be brought to its knees so that they could never start a war again. But the worst part of the Treaty of Versailles was that it was primarily a French-planned out destruction of Germany's chances of competing in the modern world. Its motive was to limit Germany’s industrial capacity, give up its colonies that were distributed among various countries, give huge amounts of money back, and limit the size of there military, just so that the French would not have worry about Germany ever threatening them. With all that occurring Germany would never be able to rebuild themselves back to normal. Twenty years later Britain wanted it

The Treaty of Versailles is one of the leading causes of World War II. The plan to bring peace to Europe was a harder than it entailed to be for Woodrow Wilson. Germany was not happy with the terms of the treaty, but were forced into signing the document anyways. The German people disliked the Treaty of Versailles, believing that it was harsh. Germany was very upset over the amount of their territorial land losted because of the treaty.The cities that were lost included the French - German border, which was because of Wilson’s fourteen points. Germany also was not able to pay for the Reparations damages caused by the war. As a result germany was limited to a small army, in the mission was to de - militarize the Rhineland Area. Another

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 main reasons why the Germans hated the Treaty of Versailles was because they thought it was unfair. Germany had not taken part in the Conference. The terms were imposed upon Germany – when Germany disagreed, the Allies threatened to go to war again. The Germans were treated like a defeated country, but they did not think they had been defeated. They had signed an Armistice – a ceasefire – in 1918, and they had thought they were accepting Wilson’s 14 Points. In the event, few of the 14 Points got into the Treaty. The Germans thought they had been tricked and betrayed, and they hated the Treaty.

Along with the reduction of men, “Germany was not allowed tanks, submarines or military aircraft and the navy could only have six battleships” (Mr Hinds’ History; what were the main Terms of the Versailles Treaty 2016). This was created so that Germany would not have the force to declare war but still had the power to stop communism from getting into Western Europe. Another aspect to the Treaty of Versailles were the economic terms. These terms stated that Germany had to pay 6.6 billion dollars back to the allies. Germany was not able to pay this amount of money so they had to borrow money from nearby countries. This meant that Germany fell into huge amounts of debt and lost their title for second most economically advanced country in the world.

The Treaty of Versailles was created in hopes to bruise any power that Germany had left after WW1 but in return, they did not think about the shortness of enforcement that would come once Hitler took over. Sadly, by the end of WW1, most of the allies did not have the necessities needed in order to push the treaty on Germany and all they could do was sit back and watch as Hitler gained all this power. Because of this, Hitler was able to obtain Rhineland, which was free of military control. Rhineland

The Versailles Treaty, drawn up by leaders of Allied parties after the first World War was very hard on the Germans. They faced territorial losses; Allied countries took more than thirteen percent of Germany. Also, allies occupied the most productive industrial territory, the Rhineland. Overseas colonies were taken too. Germany was forced to pay reparations for damage caused by the war. The term for peace that the Germans most resented was article two hundred and thirty-one which blamed Germany for the war. The German people were angry and bitter, looking for someone to blame.