Why Was Germany Responsible For Ending World War One?

The first World war would be the period of instability and" loss of hegemonic control." Great Britain had been the world's major power for some time but would see new power that would be on the rise. In 1888 Kaiser came to power and would clash heads with Bismarck. Both have different intentions for Germanys future. The Kaiser had different idea of how diplomacy should continue. The idea that the Kaiser had was to adopt a diplomatic position that favored relations with Britain instead of Russia. Little did the Kaiser know that Britain was known to never wanting to ally with anyone on the continent. The new power that would rise is Germany, because with Germany new Kaiser , Wilhelm II, would want to create . If you had your own empire
This council of four would then become " The Big Three". The Big Three would consist of Great Britain, United states, and France. From the Franco- Prussian War , the French still had a angered that stilled lingered. During the Versailles Peace Conference a tension of different viewpoints between the allies would grow because of the ideas each allied had on their punishment for Germany. Throughout Versailles peace conference" Henig argues that Britain and France had “contradictory viewpoints” regarding the treatment of Germany." Britain and France both had the same idea when it came to the punishment of Germany but only France would see Germany as a potential treat in the future of " European stability". The French saw Germany as a treat in the near future. The way Britain would see Germany as a “barrier-fortress against the Russians" and an economically strong nation with which to engage in international trade". France feared that not levying harsh enough penalties upon Germany would only make her stronger and she would eventually rise up against France in." Once Germany received the treaty they want to agree to the treaty. The Germans were ready to fight instead if sign the treaty but they knew what state they were in and knew that wouldn't be the smartest choice. France and Great Britain were ready if Germany were going to make any moves to fight. "Therefore, they had a hard time accepting the fact that they should have to pay for anything. Keynes’ work provided German supporters with all the arguments they needed against the reparations and reconstruction efforts of the Versailles Treaty.”Keynes refers to the economic terms as “outrageous and impossible.” France was the only group to out of the allies to really want to push for harsher punishments but the others