The weakness of the Treaty of Versailles caused World War II. The treaty blamed Germany for the war and forced them to pay reparations causing massive distrust and hatred. Dictators like Hitler and Mussolini took advantage of the weak League of Nation’s pretentious power in order to dominate many countries to increase their own country’s power. Instability was also caused by the treaty‚ which led to the rise of dictatorships throughout Europe. The implications of my argument are understanding how
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After World War I was fought the Treaty of Versailles was created and signed. Several things were accomplished with this treaty; the main accomplishment‚ in my opinion‚ being the economically crippling reparations placed upon Germany. The first step in economically damaging Germany was by using this treaty to assign sole reasonability of causing World War I on the shoulders of Germany. By allocating the blame to all of Germany the victors could force Germany to accept responsibility for all the damage
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allied forces tried to only punish Germany. Their determination to hurt Germany succeeded and this success was called the treaty of Versailles. The treaty of Versailles lowered it’s army to a very small numbere‚ decreased the size of the German Empire and forced the Empire to pay a huge unreasonable amount of money in reparations for damages from the war. Basically the treaty of Versailles was meant to completely destroy Germany and left it high in brokenness. It caused them to pursue revenge that
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the world. After that the germans thought the treaty of the versailles was unfair. Then‚ they thought they had to rebuild their military to make it better.Finally the axis power thought that they need to take the rhineland Next‚ there was responses to those ideas and aggression. The first thing to those responses when germany said they would take over the rhineland or Poland then France and Great Britain declared war on Germany.When the Germany was rebuilding their military the United states made
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The Treaty of Versailles consisted of three main points. These points were: 1.German loss of territory Germany lost territory both in Europe and Africa. In Europe‚ Germany lost territory in the north to set up new states in Poland‚ Lithuania‚ Estonia‚ and Latvia. Germany had annexed these states from Russia just a year earlier. German land in East Prussia‚ Posten and Upper Silesia was also taken away and given to Poland‚ giving the Poles access to the sea. The Rhineland was demilitarised as a buffer
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World War I‚ nations that consisted of mostly the allies got together in Versailles to create a document known as the Versailles Treaty. The treaty spelled out terms that the defeated countries would follow. No country was more affected by this than Germany. Many countries wanted to punish Germany for World War I. During the creation of this document that was signed in 1919‚ Germany was given no voice. The Versailles Treaty caused War II because of German territorial losses‚ military losses‚ and
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victorious Allies assembled at Versailles in 1919 to establish the terms of peace. The goal was that the treaty would make World War I the “war to end all wars.” How did the Versailles treaty point to the rise of Nazism and then later on the start of World War II? The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany harshly in four key ways: The loss of territory‚ military size restrictions‚ economic compensation for the war and war guilt. One reason why the Treaty of Versailles caused World War II is by the
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There was a specific critic of the Treaty of Versailles that stands out more than others; a failed painter‚ turned war hero who was ignited with the incendiary fuel of nationalism. That critic was Adolf Hitler. Hitler gained support relatively quickly following the Treaty of Versailles. In fact‚ Hitler used the Treaty of Versailles to rise to power. As I’ve stated‚ many germans (including radicalists) felt the treaty was immoral‚ and deprived Germany of self-determination. In fact‚ abolishing the
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failure to ratify the Treaty of Versailles in 1919‚ due to the feud between President Woodrow Wilson and the Internationalists‚ and Henry Cabot Lodge and the Reservationists. The Internationalists believed that the Treaty of Versailles‚ specifically Article Ten‚ should be passed the way it was‚ with no changes to the Collective Security Clause‚ whereas the Reservationists believed it was necessary to change. Similarly‚ Borah and the Irreconcilables believed that the League of Nations was in conflict with
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