The Treaty of Versailles is the peace treaty that directly affects and ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers.…
The Treaty of Versailles marked the end of World War I in 1919. Germany and their allies were blamed for WWI. Because Germany was blamed for sparking the war, they had their military restricted to 100,000 men, had to pay reparations, lost their Pacific and African colonies, and the Rhineland was turned into a demilitarized zone. In the 1920s, Adolf Hitler became the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany and began rising in power. He became the Fuhrer in 1934.…
His re-armament effort also continued, gaining speed with every year Hitler was allowed to continue on his war path. He also reintroduced conscription, which was also banned by the Treaty. Hitler then moved troops back into the Rhineland in 1936, despite being directly in opposition to the Treaty. A number of factors lead to him being able to do this without being forced to withdraw his troops, but most importantly was the French elections that were going on at the time.…
The philosophies behind the appeasement as the solution to peace were littered with faults which Germany capitalized on. In the wake of World War One the great powers established the Rhineland demilitarized zone, as part of the Treaty of Versailles. The demilitarized zone worked as a collective security as a buffer between Germany and France to lessen the tension between the historically rival nations who fought over this piece of land. Hitler had said that the Rhineland was German land and believed he had the right to reoccupy it. “Berlin, March 7 [1936] – Germany today cast off the last shackles fastened upon her by the Treaty of Versailles when Adolf Hitler, as commander-in-chief of the Reich defense forces, sent his new battalions into the Rhineland’s demilitarized zone (Document 3) .” When Hitler reoccupied the Rhineland in clear defiance of Treaty of Versailles France’s immediate response was a call to the other powers to pressure the German government into removing its soldiers from the demilitarized zone but because of the…
04) The treaty of Versailles was signed in June in 1919 at the end of the first world war when Germany had lost. The treaty included rules that Germany had to abide by, these rules were created in order to prevent Germany invading any other country and starting another war. The demilitarization of the Rhineland was one of the conditions that Germany had to agree to , this meant that France and Belgium felt more secure and out of Germany’s reach. Another term of the treaty of Versailles was that all of Germanys colonies were given to other countries effected by the Germans in the war. Poland was given west Prussia, Denmark was given Schleswig, France was given Alsace Lorraine. Germany also had to pay reparations totalling £6600 million, this had a crippling effect on there economy.…
Hitler began his quest for Lebensraum, or living space. These steps are what ultimately led to World War 2. He announced Germany's rearmament in 1935, contradicting a main clause in the Treaty of Versailles. Unopposed by other European powers, Germany re-occupied the buffer next to France called the Rhineland, which had been established in the Treaty of Versailles. Still unchallenged, Germany annexed Austria in 1938, and then attacked Czechoslovakia. Pursuing the policy of Appeasement, the other European powers conceded most of Czechoslovakia to Germany at the Munich conference in 1939.…
iii. Then, in 1936, he sent troops into the “demilitarized” Rhineland bordering France – another treaty violation…
The European allies were more interested in punishing Germany then creating a lasting peace. I Believe they did this for many reasons. Even though they might have known it wasn't fair they did it anyway. One reason I believe this is because Europe had suffered so many casualties and deaths they had also lost a lot of land. Germany on the other hand didn't have as much as Europe.…
Hitler promised to tear up the Versailles Treaty. Specifically, the treaty forbade German troops from entering the Rhineland, a buffer zone between Germany and France. The New York Times explains that reaction in Berlin, March 7 as: “Hitler concluded, ‘I look upon this day as marking the close of the struggle for German equality status and with that re-won equality the path is now clear for Germany’s return to European collective cooperation.”(Doc. 3) Hitler put some of his troops In the Rhineland to take defiance of the Versailles Treaty. He explains his action as marking the close of struggle for Germany and that he re-won equality clearing the path for cooperation. In contrast, the reaction in Paris states that they see no negotiation with Germany. “What is essential, in the French view, is that the German government must be compelled by diplomatic pressure first and by stronger pressure if need be, to withdraw from the Rhineland.” (Doc. 3)…
- 1936 hitler turned to the west and begins to occupy the rhine-land < that france got in the 1919 peace treaty…
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty that officially ended World War I between the Allied and Germany. The Allies created a League of Nations and armed with concept of a 14 point treaty that would stop war forever. The treaty was forced on Germany, in doing so they had to accept sole responsibility for starting the war. And that they had to pay for all the damages, decrease their military and surrender territory. With Germany unable to pay for the war and the hardship that it was putting on the people. The people wanted a change. Hitler and his Nazi party were quickly voted in. With his promise to recreate Germany and get its territory back. Hitler was able to created jobs by rearming the military and producing war equipment. By 1939 Hitler was ready to take back what was Germanys.…
The Versailles Treaty was commissioned by Great Britain, France, and a defeated Germany. Together they hoped the treaty would stabilize Europe and guarantee another world war would never happen again. However, just over two decades later, once again war engulfed Europe. So, is it logical that the question be asked; how did the Versailles Treaty help cause World War II? The treaty put much punishment on Germany by territory losses, major military restrictions, economical reparations, and the War Guilt Clause.…
The Treaty of Versailles was not the main cause of World War II; although, it did hasten the conflict. This is a result of the provisions caused by German expansion, economic downfall and hyperinflation and the vulnerability of the German people that later led to Hitler and the Fascist party being…
In January 1933, Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, and when he became Chancellor he began to privately building up armies and weapons. In 1936 Hitler ordered German troops to enter the Rhineland. At that time the german army wasn’t very strong, and could have easily defeated. Yet neither Britain nor France was ready to start another war. Also Hitler made two great alliances during 1936, and the first one was called the Rome-Berlin Axis, settlement and joint hitler’s Germany with Mussolini’s italy.…
| * UnderTreaty of Versailles, Germany was "forbidden to maintain or construct any fortification either on the Left bank of the Rhine or on the Right bank to the west of a line drawn fifty kilometers to the East of the Rhine". * During January 1936, the German Chancellor and Führer Adolf Hitler decided to reoccupy the Rhineland. * Hitler ordered that German forces would leave at once if the French intervened militarily * On March 7, 1936, nineteen German infantry battalions and a handful of planes entered the Rhineland. Hitler inquired whether the French forces had actually crossed the border but the french never did. * This incident changes the nazi foreign policy since they realized that the Allies were weak for wars to happen…