Was the Treaty of Versailles fair? Answer: The Entente and the US spoke with different voices in 1918-19. President Wilson talked about a peace without ’victors or vanquished’‚ which implied concepts of fairness‚ but Britain and France (and their allies) imposed a conventional treaty with winners and losers. That is the key issue. Answer In 1918 when the war had ended the League of Nations was drawn up‚ but at the same time the "big three" were planning a way to get compensation for the war
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The Treaty of Versailles was unfair to many nations‚ but to Germany in particular. When the meeting to discuss the treaty was held the German representative was not invited. The other countries decided Germany’s fate for them. They confiscated much of German land and German colonies and divided it among themselves. Germany lost 13% of its land and 12% of its population. Furthermore Germany was left with a weakened army and navy marking them defenseless against surrounding countries. Woodrow Wilson
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The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One; it put a final end to the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. A major outcome for Germany was the huge reparations that they were going to have to pay off. These reparations meant that the superpower had a huge financial. The treaty of Versailles also stated that Germany were not allowed to form a superstate with Austria‚ this meant
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The Culmination of the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression in WWII World War Two can be likened in many ways to a massive mixing pot in which a (revolting) stew is brewing. You take a little bit of unstable economy‚ a pinch of the rise of fascism in Europe‚ a few slices of a major treaty that puts all of the blame on Germany for the first World War‚ and top it off with a nice bit of rising tensions between Russia and France/Great Britain. These ingredients all came together to create
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For the countries involved‚ the Treaty of Versailles was not fair for the whole. A reason it was not fair was on the grounds that some countries did so much‚ but extracted little in return. Germany honestly got the better end of the sword. They got destroyed‚ yes‚ but not as much as the Austrians. Germany had to pay extreme amounts of reparations to the Allied powers for their losses‚ but Germany had already lost so much in the war. The Germans weren’t even the main cause of World War 1. Considering
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set schedule which was almost impossible to keep up with. Even though their allies the US and Britain were against the outrageous reparations and favored a relaxation(“Ruhr Crisis”). This caused the French to lose all diplomatic support from the United States (Nolan‚ 942).The force used to take over the Ruhr Valley caused for the Germans to cancel all reparations‚ and to not work for them at all. The French had wanted to directly collect the reparations through the mines with an additional cash payment
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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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Pinckney’s Treaty (174)- It was a treaty between the United States and Spain. Thomas Pinckney represented the United States at the signing of the treaty. It gave the Americans free navigation of the Mississippi River. It gave the land north of Florida (Mississippi and Alabama) to America that had been in dispute. It required Spanish authorities to prevent the Indians from raiding across the border along the 31st parallel. It also gave western farmers the right of deposit in New Orleans‚ making it
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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 was created to ensure a lasting peace‚ and to reward the victors of the war; however‚ was it justified? The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement designed by the Allied leaders‚ the ’Big Three’- Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau of France‚ Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Britain and President Woodrow Wilson of the United States. Clemenceau wanted Germany to be punished. He had seen his country invaded‚ large parts of its industry destroyed and millions of its
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