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    The Treaty of Versailles was intended to be a peace agreement between the Allies and the Germans. The responsible of creating the Treaty of Versailles were the four main leaders of the world: British Prime Minister Lloyd George‚ French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau‚ Vittorio Orlando from Italy‚ and United States president Wood Wilson. Out of the big three allies‚ France was the country that suffered the most during the war. As Alan Sharp stated‚ French had lost about 1.5 million military troops

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    -Treaty of Versailles- "As solders on the battlefields celebrated‚ families reunited‚ and the unlucky ones mourned‚ the war was finally over‚ as of 11 o’ clock on the morning of November 11th in 1918 (Vaughan‚ 1-2)." The solders that survived came home‚ and the unlucky ones did not; some families united‚ and other families mourned for their loved ones. Everybody started celebrating the end of the first major war‚ where so many young lives were lost; so many people were permanently scarred for life

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    Describe the effects of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany (9 marks) The Treaty of Versailles was the Peace Settlement between the Allies and Germany at the end of the First World War. The German authorities had little choice but to accept the treaty. The treaty rules were harsh and affected Germany negatively. One of the main effects the treaty had on Germany was the fact they had to admit and put their hands up to being responsible for causing the war. The effect that this had was that everyone

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    Why the Versailles Treaty failed to bring peace and stability On June 28th 1919‚ the “Big Three”‚ Georges Clemenceau‚ Woodrow Wilson‚ and David Lloyd George‚ on behalf of Great Britain‚ the United States‚ and France‚ had formulated a peace treaty called Versailles Treaty to end the four-year-long First Word War‚ establishing the famous “Versailles System”. The purpose of the system is to build a peaceful world dominated by the victor countries‚ such as Great Britain‚ the United States and France

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    The controversial terms of the treaty of Versailles had a very direct impact on political ideologies of the left and right which dominated the 1920s and 30s in Europe. This was definitely most evident in the radical policies of leaders of these states. During the 1920s and 30s political ideologies were drastically changed due to the treaty‚ and these drastic changes and influences were displayed through the actions and rulings of leaders such as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. The fascist and

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    The Korean War The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea. However it was fought between people who wanted Communist rule in Korea versus people who wanted freedom and democracy. It had no winners. All it had was people who lost their lives. Korea is a peninsula adjacent to China on the west. On the east‚ across the East Sea lies Japan. Korea is approximately 5000 square miles. It is about the size of Utah and is very mountainous. (Oberdorfer‚ 3) In Korea lies the most militarized

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    Was the treaty of Versailles to harsh on Germany? Yes‚ I think that the treaty of Versailles was too harsh on the Germans and would make the Germans have a desire for revenge. I think that the treaty could have been a bit softer‚ but on the other hand at that time the treaty couldn’t have been agreed in any other way. When the treaty of Versailles was agreed it had blamed Germany as the country who lost and started the war and there for had to be punished severely. But for the Germans they

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    | | |Essay: Was the Treaty of Versailles too Harsh on Germany? | |Ms. McLean‚ IGCSE History | |

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    Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Spain‚ also known as the Paris treaty‚ was signed by the representatives of United States and Spain in 1898. It was a peace protocol which is aimed to ending Spanish-American war‚ and included seventeen articles. One of the treaty’s main concern was Spain would relinquish their sovereignty and cede to nearly all colonies. To put Paris treaty into context before looking through the articles‚ we should focus on breakout of the Spanish-American

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    To what extent was the Treaty of Versailles fair to Germany? This essay will be based on whether the Treaty of Versailles was fair upon Germany. The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement signed after World War 1 had ended in 1918. Most of it was decided by the ‘Big Three` Woodrow Wilson‚ David Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau. In my opinion‚ I think that the Treaty of Versailles was not fair to Germany. Moreover the aims of were too harsh‚ due to the fact that George Clemenceau (president

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