How Did The Treaty Of Versailles Fail
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 a war which killed between 50 and 80 million people and left much of the world in unrest. At the end of the first World War, several treaties were signed. The treaty that officially ended war between Germany and the Allied Powers was called the Treaty of Versailles. This treaty was incredibly harsh on the Germans, forcing them to pay vast sums in reparations and give up land that had high economic value. They gave up the land, but they were unable to pay the reparations. They had spent so much on the war that they had nothing left. People were starving in Germany. Some countries took some issue with this, such as Great Britain. During the meetings of the Great Four, the Prime …show more content…
This was primarily due to the great losses it suffered during the war as well as the fact that it shared a border with Germany. In one of the meetings with the Big Four, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau famously said “America is far away, protected by the ocean. Not even Napoleon himself could touch England. You are both sheltered; we are not.". Ultimately France’s intentions with the treaty were realized; Germany was forced to demilitarize the Rhineland; France obtained a mandate over the Saar, and were also promised the support of America and other allies in the case of future French-Aggression. However, the latter was not ensured because the U.S. did not ratify the
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 a war which killed between 50 and 80 million people and left much of the world in unrest. At the end of the first World War, several treaties were signed. The treaty that officially ended war between Germany and the Allied Powers was called the Treaty of Versailles. This treaty was incredibly harsh on the Germans, forcing them to pay vast sums in reparations and give up land that had high economic value. They gave up the land, but they were unable to pay the reparations. They had spent so much on the war that they had nothing left. People were starving in Germany. Some countries took some issue with this, such as Great Britain. During the meetings of the Great Four, the Prime …show more content…
This was primarily due to the great losses it suffered during the war as well as the fact that it shared a border with Germany. In one of the meetings with the Big Four, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau famously said “America is far away, protected by the ocean. Not even Napoleon himself could touch England. You are both sheltered; we are not.". Ultimately France’s intentions with the treaty were realized; Germany was forced to demilitarize the Rhineland; France obtained a mandate over the Saar, and were also promised the support of America and other allies in the case of future French-Aggression. However, the latter was not ensured because the U.S. did not ratify the