The Treaty of Versailles was the most important peace treaty that brought World War One to an end. The treaty was signed on June 18‚ 1919‚ in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles. The terms ordered Germany to take full responsibility of WW1 and the allies imposed reparations for war damage. This left German’s outraged at their Government‚ the country became very weak‚ with no real future. However‚ the ‘Big Three’‚ Britain‚ France‚ and America showed a total lack of empathy as they were
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How far was the Treaty of Versailles justified? The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement that was signed after World War One had ended in 1918. This treaty was an agreement between the Allies‚ the winning countries of WWI‚ which were mainly France‚ Italy‚ the United Kingdom‚ and the United States. The treaty was created primarily so that the Allies could decide and agree upon what they wanted to do to the Central Powers‚ the losing countries of WWI‚ which were mainly Germany‚ Austria-Hungary
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The Treaty of Versailles is the main cause of World War II. The Treaty itself was a peace treaty that ended the war with Germany and allied nations. With the punishments Germany had to do as a result of the Treaty‚ German Citizens thought they were being too harsh and they were very unhappy. The German citizens became unsatisfied with the government‚ became poor‚ and had a great economic depression much like the United States at the time. Germany had to take full blame for World War I‚ pay thirty-two
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Final BCR I learned from the simulation that making decisions on the Treaty of Versailles is a very hard decision since the Countries of America‚ France and Britain have very different points of view on how harsh Germany should be punished. Each country has different points of view of how Germany should be punished for World War 1 because each of the countries were affected by Germany differently. For example‚ France wanted to punish Germany very harshly because Germany caused the most damage
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The affect that the Treaty of Versailles had on Germany The affect the Treaty of Versailles had on Germany is truly eye opening and amazing. “Viewing Germany as the chief instigator of the conflict‚ the European Allied Powers decided to impose particularly stringent treaty obligations upon the defeated Germany.”1 After the treaty was in place Germany had experienced very difficult times economically and politically. From the reparations they owed to the land that was compensated‚ Germany struggled
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Fourteen Points into the Treaty of Versailles. His Fourteen Points outlined changes to be made to countries involved in the war and the world in general‚ to help prevent future wars. However‚ Wilson became too attached to one of his points and sacrificed most of the others for this point. When the treaty was finished‚ Germany‚ who had not been allowed to participate in negotiations‚ was appalled and angry that they saw almost none of Wilson’s Fourteen Points in the Treaty of Versailles. Woodrow Wilson’s
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November 1917 and had already made peace with Germany.The treaty of Versailles was created to cripple Germany so that they could not start another war. One side of the argument is that the Treaty was extremely unfair to Germany‚ as it took away some of her most valuable assets and fueled nationalism. However‚ the other side of the argument is that as Germany caused a lot of damage‚ she deserved to be punished and also some historians say the Treaty of Bolshevik‚ which was given to Russia was way worse
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The Treaty of Brest-Livosk cannot measurably be compared to the Treaty of Versailles. It is more akin to the Treaty of Ghent. Remember‚ that as a strategic political move‚ giving up the Baltic countries‚ which were small and geographically closer to Germany than to the Soviet Union‚didn’t appreciably decrease the Russian landscape. In 1939‚ as part of the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact‚ Germany‚ controlled by the Nazis‚ returned the favor and secretly agreed that the Baltic countries would be part
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The Treaty of Versailles did more to harm the peace than support it because of reparations and imperialism. According to TCI‚ pg 318‚ “In addition‚ the treaty required Germany to pay $33 billion in reparations to the Allies. Reparations are payments demanded of a defeated nation by the victor in a war to offset the cost of the war. Germans resented both the war-guilt clause and the reparations‚ rightly fearing that the payments would cripple their economic recovery from the war.” This was a problem
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Why was Germany unhappy with the Treaty of Versailles? The Treaty of Versailles was the treaty that made peace between the countries involved in World War 1. These countries included Austria-Hungary‚ Britain‚ France‚ Germany and United States of America. In the treaty‚ Germany lost a lot of land‚ which made a big blow on their empire. Germany’s ambry was limited to 100‚000 troops‚ as the French were scared of being invaded from the border. Also the Rhineland zone‚ where the Rhine River flows
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