ipl-logo

Treaty Of Versailles Essay

579 Words3 Pages

The Outcome of the Treaty of Versailles
World War I officially came to a close with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919, five years to the day after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which is the key event that sparked the war. In November of 1918, the fighting stopped while the Allied Nations, represented by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, French Premier George Clemenceau and US President Woodrow Wilson, negotiated terms with Germany. By this time, much of Europe had been decimated by the war; complete villages and town reduced to rubble and both sides had suffered casualties of unfathomable proportions. While the intentions of the Treaty of Versailles were to instill peace in Europe, its harsh …show more content…

But with a military that was no longer capable of providing any sort of meaningful resistance, Germany was forced to sign the treaty. This article, also known as the “War Guilt Clause”, meant that Germany accepted full responsibility for causing the war. This also meant that Germany would be responsible for all damages caused during the war, and would be forced to pay a hefty reparations bill that totaled up to $6.6 billion. In theory, the reparation payments would leave Germany’s economy in shambles for the unforeseeable future.
The terms of the treaty also removed Germany of thirteen percent of its territory. The border territories of Alsace and Lorraine were returned to France, West Prussia was lost to the new nation of Poland, and Danzig was made a free city, as well as multiple other changes made that reduced Germany’s size and population. In attempt to further deteriorate the German military, the size of the army and navy was condensed down to 100,000 troops, and maintaining an air force or submarines was

Show More
Related
670 Words | 3 Pages

The first thing that the Treaty demanded was for Germany to decrease it's military power. Based on Article 160 from document B, “the German Army must not comprise more than seven divisions of infantry and three divisions of cavalry… After that date the total number of [military troops]... in… Germany must not exceed one hundred thousand men, including officers…” Comparing this numbers to the other European countries, this was insignificant. Let me show you an example, according to the German

Read More
575 Words | 3 Pages

Economic Reparations was another reason the Treaty of Versailles helped cause WWII as well. On the chart in document C it shows that Germany had 132 billion gold marks of reparation in 1921 (document C). This is a lot of money and if Germany pays this they would have no money. Germany paid little in the 1920s as they were salty on how much reparations there were and land they lost. I personally think that this is too harsh on them as it only made them even more mad thus helping cause

Read More
621 Words | 3 Pages

In article 232 it states that the [allies]... require, and Germany undertakes, that she will compensation for all damage done (Doc C). In my point of view it looks like the germans have to pay for damage that not only they did but other counties did too. And in article 233 it states that that a schedule of payment prescribing the time and manner for securing and discharging the entire obligation within a period of thirty years (Doc C). This means that after having to pay for all the war damage they also have a due date which is thirty days to pay for all damages done. During 1921 Germans had to pay $367 billion and in 1929 they had to pay $341 billion (Doc C).

Read More
975 Words | 4 Pages

Also the Treaty made Germany unwillingly pay reparations for the damage they caused during the war,

Read More
1007 Words | 5 Pages

Germany's army was so small that even Belgium had a bigger army. Germany in fact was surrounded by larger, more powerful enemies that were under france’s control and were ready to harm germany whenever France wished. Germans politicians and citizens felt extremely insecure about their military’s ability to protect them. Germany's military had been reduced as a result of the versailles treaty. In addition to being treated unfairly and being punished beyond what they deserved, Germany felt that they needed to rearm themselves in order to protect

Read More
1881 Words | 8 Pages

(Document C) Germany was not the only country that participated in the war against the Allies and in fact they were one of the last countries to join the war against them. Germany would get almost no say in the amount of money that they had to pay and in what amount of time they had to pay it in, because if they were to disagree or try to say something different then what the Allies wanted them to pay then they

Read More
1290 Words | 6 Pages

On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allied Powers signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending one of the bloodiest wars in modern history. World War I caused the deaths of nearly ten million soldiers and up to thirteen million non-combatants. Catastrophic property and industry losses occurred, especially in France, Belgium, Poland, and Serbia.

Read More
1511 Words | 7 Pages

Just before the conclusion of the devastating World War I, which had taken more lives than any other war in history, President Woodrow Wilson and the delegates of the Senate in 1919 had conglomerated to come to a decision as to the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, which had primarily been proposed to set forth conditions which would ultimately put an end to the war. Specifically, according to Wilson’s propositions at the Covenant, the Treaty would make peace with the United States’ adversaries by …; however, its major caveat was that it would divert all blame and responsibility for the war to Germany. This clause would cause several disputes between Wilson and his fellow Senators, which had eventually led to the vetoing of the Treaty

Read More
921 Words | 4 Pages

It’s easy to say that Germany did not like this deal but was reluctantly forced into still paying. In Document C, the amount of damages that they had to pay was an appalling $367 billion dollars that was supposed to be paid back within 30 years. Paying for the reparations is regarded as one of the stepping stones into WW2 because of the fact that many Germans didn’t agree with it, so like all countries in a time of need with nowhere else to go they turned to one man, the man who started WW2. As soon as Adolf Hitler started to gain any sense of power and also had the power to enact movements in Germany he stopped paying the war reparations in 1933. This act of breaking the Treaty of Versailles is seen as one of the big pushes that lead into the next World

Read More
668 Words | 3 Pages

This treaty states Germany loses their territories, pays for reparations, no longer manufactures weapons, and pleads “war guilt” (meaning that they take the blame for the war.) I consider this treaty the worst document in history and historians claim this document is one reason Hitler rose to power later on. As we can see, this conflict can repeat itself such as the Treaty of Nanjing where

Read More
889 Words | 4 Pages

Germany initially wanted to knock France out immediately through the Schlieffen Plan and gain additional colonies, territory, and prestige. With the loss of the war the Germans had to accept the Treaty of Versailles. The Germans hated the treaty because it had a “War Guilt Clause” called article 231. In this article it states, “"The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies. " This clause stated Germany was to be blamed for the war.

Read More
507 Words | 3 Pages

Did the Treaty of Versailles Accomplish What it Was Supposed to do? The Treaty of Versaille was the ending point of World War I it ended the war that had lasted for four gruesome years. Signed in June of 1919, the treaty promised peace through the formation of the League of Nations and the demilitarization of Europe in hopes to prevent future conflict.

Read More
433 Words | 2 Pages

Germany was blamed for the entire war and its losses. This blame game was also known as the “War Guilt Cause.” “Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies.” (Article 231 in the Treaty of Versailles) Germany had to pay a large amount of $6,600 million to their allies. Others might say that Germany's military was a good size so people would not attack but they still attacked because from feeling defenseless and scared, which led to

Read More
1152 Words | 5 Pages

The First World War caused millions of deaths and destruction all over Europe and around the world. When the war ended, the victors gathered to mend the results of war through a peace treaty that blamed the defeated− the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty was signed in 1919 and greatly affected the world both directly and indirectly. However, while it did attempt to fix the damage done by WW1, it added further burdens and injury to an already weak Germany that eventually led to the Second World War from their feelings of revenge and rage. This is because the Treaty of Versailles was an imperfect agreement that punished Germany too much and negatively affected both Germany and Europe in physical, political, and financial ways.

Read More
791 Words | 4 Pages

The treaty included fifteen parts and 440 articles specifying Germany 's obligation for the war and its reparations. The Treaty of Versailles had disastrous consequences for Germany because it led to significant financial, material, territorial, and colonial losses. Under the treaty, Germany lost 13 percent of its territory and all of its overseas colonial possessions, limits were imposed on its military, and heavy reparations were imposed. The most controversial part of the treaty was Part VIII that established Germany 's liability for war and the damages of the Allies.

Read More

More about Treaty Of Versailles Essay

Related Topics

Open Document