A subsequent method the Versailles Treaty treated Germany harshly was territorial losses. Germany lost some territory due to the treaty was Alsace, Lorraine and Polish (Doc A). It was difficult for Germans who lived in those lost territory. For those people who lived in those territory had to learn new rules and the leader. The…
The pact of Versailles was fairly negative to Germany on the grounds that it destroyed their economy even more. The terms for the treaty had been for Germany to take responsibility for their actions. The treaty of Versailles called to take away German territories and colonies, reduce Germany's armed forces, make them disarm and to also have them pay reparations to the allies for the damage caused by the war. Germany’s economy was already in a bad shape and the 6,600 million pounds they had to pay for reparations along with their lost territories wasn’t going to make it any easier. The loss of overseas colonies was a major punch to Germany's pride as Britain and France increased theirs and even new countries were created. Germany had the Polish…
The benefits of punishing Germany didn’t outweigh the drawbacks. During World War 1, Germany caused most of the damage to the Allied Powers. The Big Four which was US, England, France, and Italy made the treaty of Versailles to punish Germany. They wanted Germany to accept complete blame for the war. Therefore, Germany lost large amounts of land to the Allied nations and were forced to pay $33 billion for the damage they caused during World War 1. However, Germany wasn’t the only one that caused the casualties to the Allied Powers so they shouldn’t take all the blame.…
In Article 231 the government agreed and signed the document accepting all the blame for World War 1 while many Germans disagreed with this idea. “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.” (Article 231, Treaty of Versaille) While the treaty was made to create peace it only backlashed and was one of the biggest reasons for World War 2. German’s felt unfairly blamed since the war was not all their fault.…
The Germans hated the treaty. They believed that they had been shamed globally, and they were humiliated. Germany had always been well known for having a strong army, and now they had only 100,000 soldiers, no modern weapons, only 6 battleships, and no navy or air force. The thousands of soldiers that were simply sent home from the Western Front were now unemployed, living in a country that was becoming poorer by the day, and wanted revenge. They believed that Germany could have won the war, but the new democratic government had taken their chance. They also stated that the country would be powerless against the smallest of nations.…
As for France and Great Britain, not wanting to repeat the huge losses they experienced in World War I, they decided not to attempt stopping Hitler from taking over Czechoslovakia and Austria. After Germany realized what they could get done, September 1, 1939, they decided to go ahead and take over Poland as well. After France and Great Britain saw that Hitler/Germany wasn't going to stop after that, they gave Germany the option of war.…
When Europe became spilt into East and West, Germany was stuck in the middle. The Soviet Union made a blockade that isolated the three western sections of Germany from the western portion of Europe. Western allies began to fly life necessities into Berlin to save the 2.5 million western Germans. Because the…
The problem after the war was that almost every European Allied power was in debt. France owed 4 billion dollars to the United States and 3 billion to Great Britain. Great Britain who was a major lender was also in a tough situation, owing the United States 4.7 billion along with loaning money to Russia which she defaulted on. The situation was not pleasant in post-war Europe was not well off financially. The United States was not willing to cut her European allies a break in what they owe and for that reason Great Britain and France was keen on receiving reparations from Germany.…
After the First World War, Germany had suffered a major loss. France, Great Britain, the United States, Russia, and other small countries went against Germany,…