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The Treaty of Versailles was Too Harsh on Germany Essay

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The Treaty of Versailles was Too Harsh on Germany

I think that the treaty of Versailles was harsh on Germany because even though they were a part of the war, so were the allies, yet they didn't take any blame for the war. The French wanted revenge and Wilson wanted peace. These two, conbined, still made a harsh treaty. Lloyd George tried to get a 'halfway point' between the two but ended up going mostly to France because that was what the British people wanted. The blank cheque that was given to Germany was like putting a blindfold over their eye, but they had no way out. All Germany could do was hope that the 'big three', Lloyd George, Clemenceau, Wilson, would take pity on them, so they also …show more content…

From the Germans point of view there was an act of disgrace. Germany was annoyed because they thought the Treaty was going to be mostly Wilson's 14 points when it wasn't they got very angry and the revenge built up, they were very angry with France and Britain. If the Treaty was less harsher it wouldn't have dragged on with the payments and the arguments and Germany might not of had that much revenge stored away. All the countries could have learnt to live with each other and concentrate on the problems in their countries, like poverty.

However, from the reaction when Russia had a revolution and pulled out of the war, this might have not been the case. Germany were very harsh on Russia and they took away their land and made them pay. Maybe Germany, if they had won would have done a worse treaty and therefore should be punished. France did have a good point when they said that they should have most say in the treaty because the war was all fought on their land and they had the most casualties including innocent people. Frances's argument against Lloyd George and Woodrow Wilson was "America is far away, protected by the ocean. Not even Napoleon himself could touch England. You are both sheltered - we are not." Germany was dangerous and could start another war. If they were poor and had no back up from countries overseas'. What would be the point because France would be thriving

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