World War 2 Dbq Essay

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17 million deaths was how WWI ended and the treaty of Versailles that came soon after that was supposed to help make peace helped start a secondary war. In Europe not long after WWI ended on November 11, 1918 the Versailles Treaty was being made with leaders from the countries involved in the war such as France, England, the US. But, Germany was deliberately excluded. This essay will address the question of how the Versailles Treaty helped cause World War II. The Treaty of Versailles helped cause World War II by treating Germany harshly. This harsh treatment can be seen especially in three areas: Territorial losses , Military restrictions , and the War guilt clause. One way the Versailles Treaty treated Germany harshly was with Territorial losses. According to the map on Document A, Germany lost the following territories: the Polish corridor, Lorraine and Alsace. This separated the people of Germany and they lost a large portion of their land used for coal mining. Along with the quote "the restoration of the frontiers of 1914 could be achieved only by blood." from Adolf Hilter's book Mein Kampf (My struggle) this shows that War was seen as a possible solution. This evidence supports the idea that the …show more content…

According to Article 160 from Document B the allies forced Germany to weaken their military to a mere 100,000 troops. An excerpt from Article 160 states "The Army shall be devoted exclusively to the maintenance of order within the territory and to the control of the frontiers…. The total effective strength of officers, including the personnel of staffs, whatever their composition, must not exceed four thousand." This evidence supports the idea that military restrictions on Germany helped cause World War II because it weakened Germany immensely to the point where Belgium had around 6 times more military power than Germany(Belgium had around 602,000 total available

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