How Is The Treaty Of Versailles Justified

The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement that was signed after the World War I, which had ended in 1918. This Treaty was an agreement between the allies, or the winning countries, which were France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The purpose of this treaty is to decide what to do with Germany and to prevent for future wars from occurring. The Treaty of Versailles was not considered to be fair and justified for Germany.
Firstly, Germany was banned from the negotiations. This made the treaty unfair from the beginning, as it was made for the “Big Four” (France, Italy, Britain, and United States) to negotiate the conditions of the Treaty to increase their own personal benefit as a nation. For example, Georges Clemenceau
This act of blaming Germany prevents Germans to keep peace after the war, which later on contributed to further conflicts, and the World War II. The Treaty of Versailles also enforced harsh military restrictions in Article 160 states, “…the total number of effectives in the army…must not exceed one hundred men.” The following articles further restricted the German army by limiting the number of arms, war materials that Germany could possess; “German arms, munitions and war materials…in excess of quantity allowed must be surrendered to the governments of the Allied and Associated powers.” Due to this, Germany was unable to put down the internal riots in 1920s. The articles also forbade Germany of imports and exports of arms to and from foreign countries; “Importation into Germany of arms, munitions and war materials of every kind shall be strictly prohibited.” (Article 170) In Articles 118-158, it states the conditions that Germany must meet regarding about lands and colonies. It was based on reassigning the German lands and colonies to other