How Did The Treaty Of Versailles Harm Peace

The Treaty of Versailles did more to harm the peace than support it because of reparations and imperialism. According to TCI, pg 318, “In addition, the treaty required Germany to pay $33 billion in reparations to the Allies. Reparations are payments demanded of a defeated nation by the victor in a war to offset the cost of the war. Germans resented both the war-guilt clause and the reparations, rightly fearing that the payments would cripple their economic recovery from the war.” This was a problem because it left Germany with almost no money to recover themselves. Also, the countries had to wait to get the money from Germany. This meant that Germany had to make payments and couldn’t just pay it all at once. This also made the recovery slower