Did The Versailles Treaty Help Cause World War II?
How Did the Versailles Treaty Help Cause World War II? On June 28th, 1919 the Germans were forced to give up all of their territory, decrease their military strength, pay reparations, and remain guilty of all the events of the Great War due to the treaty of Versailles, and because of that Germany began creating conflicts with other countries which would lead into the second world war. With the loss of territory many were simply kicked out of their country without even knowing it. Unfortunately one of the main factors of warfare was strength in numbers, with many countries having a million men, and after the treaty the Germans were forced to reduce that number to 100,000 which may sound like a lot but at the time it was not much. Another thing that was affected tremendously was the economy since the Germans were forced to pay reparations which costed many billions of dollars. All of these factors are what put Germany over the edge and began World War 2.
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In spite of that, the coal production had dropped to forty percent. This event would increase the tension that would eventually lead to World War 2. Hitler has stated that “the restoration of the frontiers of 1914 could only be achieved by blood. Only childish and naive minds can lull themselves in the idea that they can bring about a correction of Versailles by Wheedling and begging.” Hitler definitely showed some anger in his words when he made that statement, and that hatred had to have been one of the contributions to the beginning of World War 2. Consequently, punishing a country like Germany can have dire consequences. The addition of taking land away from Germany was unnecessary and in the end it created more problems than they ever could have
In spite of that, the coal production had dropped to forty percent. This event would increase the tension that would eventually lead to World War 2. Hitler has stated that “the restoration of the frontiers of 1914 could only be achieved by blood. Only childish and naive minds can lull themselves in the idea that they can bring about a correction of Versailles by Wheedling and begging.” Hitler definitely showed some anger in his words when he made that statement, and that hatred had to have been one of the contributions to the beginning of World War 2. Consequently, punishing a country like Germany can have dire consequences. The addition of taking land away from Germany was unnecessary and in the end it created more problems than they ever could have