How Did The Treaty Of Versailles Ended To End World War I?

On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was written to end “The War to End all Wars”, or World War I. It was an unprecedented devastation that has shaped our modern world. The treaty was implemented to end the fighting in Europe with the Germans and reduce the power they had retained. The extremely harsh restrictions placed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles is what led to the eventual rise of World War II. The Treaty of Versailles was purposed to end World War I and place restrictions over the power Germany had held over much of the duration of the war. The treaty was written by the Big Three: David Lloyd George from the Britain, Georges Clemenceau from France, and Woodrow Wilson from the United States. All three had different attitudes towards how the treaty should be written. Clemenceau thought Germany should be “brought to its knees so it could never start a war again” which coincides with his nickname, “The Tiger”. This nickname was given to him by the French public as it realistically reflected their view and what they wanted to be done about Germany. One of his main goals was to weaken
Wilson desired to make the world safe and end the war in fair peace. In 1918, Wilson published “Fourteen Points” which he believed would ensure that peace prevailed in Europe. Wilson directly addressed what he perceived as the causes for the World War. He created the League of Nations, yet America neglected to join it. He called for the abolition of secret treaties, a reduction in armaments, an adjustment in colonial claims in the interests of both native peoples and colonists, and freedom of the seas (Trueman). Wilson and Lloyd’s reasoning for this was because they knew that Germany was the only country in Europe that could stop the spread of communism, and doing so was a major goal, especially for the