Pros And Cons Of The Treaty Of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One; it put a final end to the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
A major outcome for Germany was the huge reparations that they were going to have to pay off. These reparations meant that the superpower had a huge financial. The treaty of Versailles also stated that Germany were not allowed to form a superstate with Austria, this meant they’re losses would have to be faced alone, without a bailout. It was blatantly obvious that the Allies wanted nothing else then to bankrupt Germany, a fact of this was when Germany were handed a blank cheque by the Allies, this eventually came to
a sum of 6.600 million pounds which is the equivalent of $92,643,780 with inflation, an obviously huge sum of money that Germany were unable to pay.
The three countries that were doing most of the talking were known as the ‘Big three’ which consisted of France, Great Britain and the US. These three countries had very different views on what and what shouldn’t be on the treaty, the Prime minister of France was Georges Clemenceau who simply wanted revenge and punishment for the Germans this was mainly because he had seen the north-east corner of France destroyed and he decided that Germany should never be allowed to do this again. The President of the US was Woodrow Wilson; his outlook for Germany was that they should be punished in a way that would lead to European reconciliation as opposed to revenge. He also believed that the world should be made a safe and peaceful place and that he wanted complete disarmament across the world and a League of Nations where countries could talk out their problems, without war this was partly so he could isolate America from Europe as much as possible. The Prime Minister of England was David Lloyd George had two different views on Germany His public image was simple. He was a politician and politicians needed the support of the public to succeed in elections. British public was after revenge so, looking for public support he echoed these views. However, his actual views were that he was more worried about the spread of communism in Russia and he feared that it might spread to western Europe. This meant that he particularly wanted Germany treated fairly lenient because he knew that Germany would be the only country in central Europe that could stop the spread of communism if it burst over the frontiers of Russia.
A major outcome for Germany was the huge reparations that they were going to have to pay off. These reparations meant that the superpower had a huge financial. The treaty of Versailles also stated that Germany were not allowed to form a superstate with Austria, this meant they’re losses would have to be faced alone, without a bailout. It was blatantly obvious that the Allies wanted nothing else then to bankrupt Germany, a fact of this was when Germany were handed a blank cheque by the Allies, this eventually came to
a sum of 6.600 million pounds which is the equivalent of $92,643,780 with inflation, an obviously huge sum of money that Germany were unable to pay.
The three countries that were doing most of the talking were known as the ‘Big three’ which consisted of France, Great Britain and the US. These three countries had very different views on what and what shouldn’t be on the treaty, the Prime minister of France was Georges Clemenceau who simply wanted revenge and punishment for the Germans this was mainly because he had seen the north-east corner of France destroyed and he decided that Germany should never be allowed to do this again. The President of the US was Woodrow Wilson; his outlook for Germany was that they should be punished in a way that would lead to European reconciliation as opposed to revenge. He also believed that the world should be made a safe and peaceful place and that he wanted complete disarmament across the world and a League of Nations where countries could talk out their problems, without war this was partly so he could isolate America from Europe as much as possible. The Prime Minister of England was David Lloyd George had two different views on Germany His public image was simple. He was a politician and politicians needed the support of the public to succeed in elections. British public was after revenge so, looking for public support he echoed these views. However, his actual views were that he was more worried about the spread of communism in Russia and he feared that it might spread to western Europe. This meant that he particularly wanted Germany treated fairly lenient because he knew that Germany would be the only country in central Europe that could stop the spread of communism if it burst over the frontiers of Russia.