Section B: Summary of Evidence Occupation: The French invade the Ruhr Valley because the Germans where unable to pay back the reparations on schedule. They decided to take the money owed to them by force through the mines located in the Ruhr Valley. The US and Britain tried to negotiate with France to prevent the invasion but France refused (“Ruhr Valley Occupation”). The occupation angered the Germans since it took away their way to pay back reparations through natural resources. This lead to the
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Europe. Accoridng to other historians The fundamental significance of Versailles was emotional rather than rational. Allied statesmen‚ urged on by the pressure of public opinion‚ have made peace in spirit of revenge and not to guarantee national security. Taking this view a harsh appeasement would have been natural‚ yet Celmanceau – who devised even harsher reparations‚ did not have his way. Finally‚ the negotiators had to move quickly through a long agenda of issues‚ in order not to delay
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1. The Versailles settlement quickly gained a reputation as ‘a Carthaginian peace’. What was meant by this‚ and was it a fair and accurate assessment. The Versailles Peace Treaty was signed in June 1919 after the First World War by the victorious Allies and defeated Germany and was intended to punish Germany for what was seen as her war guilt and to prevent her from becoming powerful enough again to disturb European peace. It was called a Carthaginian peace in the first instance by Jan Smuts
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The Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles was a controversial movement. As described in Hitlers words it is “the great villainy of the century.” (Mein Kampf). In Hitlers eyes the Treaty humiliated and further destroyed the economy in Germany. Germany had to admit complete responsibly for starting the war‚ also known as Clause 231‚ “War Guilt Clause.” He did not believe that Germany was at fault for the war‚ but instead blamed it on other groups such as the Jews and Communists. He wanted to
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not happen again and so the Treaty of Versailles was created in an attempt to ensure what happened between 1914-1918 would never happen again. Historically there are two main schools of thought surrounding the Treaty of Versailles. The traditionalist school argues that the treaty was too harsh on Germany and that the reparations and territorial changes were unreasonable. However revisionist historians argue that because Germany was the main cause of the war the treaty was actually reasonable. I will
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The major decisions were the creation of the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations‚ that had the five treaties with defeated states‚ also the German and Ottoman overseas possessions as mandates‚ mainly for Britain and France. The main was the Treaty of Versailles‚ which was created by the Big Four‚ which they laid guilt for the war on Germany. It was shameful for Germany and had to pay for the expensive
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A person holding a reservationist’s point of view on the Treaty of Versailles in the United States has reservations about the Treaty because reservationists are more interested in national sovereignty than in cooperation that might require defending other nations. Reservationists want the U.S. to reserve the right to make a decisions about whether or not to enter into battle with other nations‚ rather than relying on the League to make the decision for them. Americans who support Wilson and his party
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How Significant was the Treaty of Versailles to Germany The Treaty of Versailles was significant to Germany after World War 1 in many ways. It was significant for it to make the war end from Germany. Germany hated the loss of their land from other countries. They thought that the treaty was unfair‚ because they didn’t like what it was about. They hated reparations from France and Britain trying to starve the children there. They hated their army‚ because it was small‚ but powerful and they tried
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The Versailles Peace Treaty‚ which was between Germany and the Allies‚ had many aspects of punishments for Germany in particular. The reason behind this treaty was World War I‚ which was triggered by many things including the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. World War I consisted of Germany aganist the Allies( Britain‚ France‚ Rusisa‚ who later dropped out‚ and later United States). There were an immense amount of casualities and lethal new technologies used throughout this war
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The Treaty of Versailles which was implemented by the allies had a great effect on Germany. The European Allied Powers implemented this treaty which forced Germany to concede territories to Belgium‚ Czechoslovakia‚ and Poland. It also took away all overseas colonies and gave them to the League of Nations‚ demanded they remove military personnel from the Rhineland‚ and the most humiliating of all was Article 231. In Article 231 also known as the “War Guilt Clause”‚ it forced Germany to take full responsibility
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