Starting World War II The Treaty of Versailles was meant to prevent another devastating World War, but instead it gave rise to the Nazi party and started the Second World War. World War I was a deadly internationally battle that killed 10 million soldiers and seven million civilians, and wounded ten million more. Germany and Austria-Hungary fought against France, England, Russia, and the United States, and ultimately lost. After the war ended, the leaders of the world, except from Germany, met and formed the Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on June 28, 1919. This agreement was meant to prevent future German aggression through strict rules. In reality, it helped cause World War II by imposing territorial losses, military restrictions, economic reparation, and a War Guilt Clause. The Treaty took territory away from Germany. Alsace and Lorraine, the Polish Corridor, and a small area north of East Prussia were taken, as well as all of Germany's colonies in Africa and the Pacific. Alsace and Lorraine was a particularly devastating loss because it was an area that produced 40% of Germany's coal (Doc A). The African colonies also caused significant economic losses. Taking the Polish Corridor and the area by Prussia left a section of Germany isolated from …show more content…
The Treaty had what is referred to as the War Guilt Clause, which laid all the blame for the war on Germany (Doc D). Because of this, Germans despised the Treaty, and viewed it as "an atrocious injustice, an evil thing which must be destroyed" (Doc D). They wanted revenge against those who implemented the clauses, and in their opinion, unfairly blamed Germany. Hitler was accepted by Germans because he promised to destroyed the Treaty by violating its clauses and restoring Germany to it's former glory. Hitler gave back the pride and respect Germans had for their country, which the Treaty if Versailles had
The treaty humiliated the Germans. The war-guilt clause forced Germany to accept sole responsibility for World War I. And although the German military had played a major role in igniting the war, other countries in Europe had been guilty of provoking political crises before the war too.
The demise of 10 million soldiers and 7 million civilians, along with the injuries of 10 million others, was the result of World War I. The Great War ended on November 11, 1918, and just a few months later, leaders set out to establish the treaty that would be the beginning of one of the most devastating wars known to mankind. The Treaty of Versailles sought to prevent Germany from rising to power and threatening France and the rest of Europe, but it created the opposite effect. Accordingly, what role did the Treaty of Versailles play in causing World War II? The Treaty of Versailles led to a tremendous amount of resentment in German citizens and proved John Maynard Keynes and Woodrow Wilson to be correct in their concerns that the treaty would lead to bitterness and conflict. It imposed gargantuan territorial losses for Germany, which was inclusive of the loss of all of its colonies as well as the
As World War I came to a close with a victory for the allies, nearly 10 million soldiers were killed in combat while 10 million more were injured. Although the war was over, global problems, economic problems, and ways to settle disputes, became a controversy that seemed unsolvable. Hoping to end the chaos, President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, came up with a plan called the League of Nations. In this League they attempted to make the Treaty of Versailles fair while punishing Germany. Although it was designed to settle the conflicts, the Treaty of Versailles produced German anger and humiliation, sowing the seeds for World War II. The Treaty of Versailles did this by imposing territorial loss with military restrictions, economic reparations,
The Treaty of Versailles was created by all of the European nations involved in World War I. There was one country that was not allowed to have any say in the treaty and that country was Germany. Later, Germany and other countries would engage in yet another world war. The Treaty of Versailles helped cause World War II as seen through the German territorial losses, severe reparations placed on Germany, and the military restrictions placed on Germany.
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War One and ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on the 28th of June 1919. One of the many stipulations in the treaty was that Germany had to accept responsibility for Germany and its allies for causing all of the damage and loss during
The Versailles Treaty was made to keep the peace after the war, but all it did was add more reasons to go back to war. When the treaty was made the winning nations but requirement on there that the losing countries, germany had to follow so there could be peace. In this requirements Germany had to pay heavy reparations for the damage that was done, they had to give up some of the land to the winning countries, and they had to reduce the size of their military. Germany felt as if this punishment where unfair and were to hard form them because the war was not entirely their fault. If the punishment where diffent or less damanding then world war 2 could have been
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace agreement between the Allied powers and Germany that officially ended WWI. Nations believed that it was important to have a peaceful global discipline in order to prevent another destruction and catastrophic loss of life from happening again. The Treaty was written by the major Allies with almost no participation by the Germans. The goal was to basically develop a treaty that would punish Germany and meet the goals of the Allied powers. The Treaty demanded Germany to accept full responsibility for starting WWI, and forced Germany to pay reparations for all war damages suffered by the Allies. Even though that made Germany bitter, after months of negotiations and arguments, the Treaty of Versailles was signed
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. As a result of the first World War, “allied and associated governments confirm Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage…” (Article 231). Unlike The Great Depression, the Treaty of Versailles resulted in Germany being completely responsible for not only damage in Germany, but also to the rest of the countries in Europe. As a result, chaos and disorder were occurring throughout the country, considering the fact that the economy was rapidly declining. Germany’s responsibility for all the war damage led to the German’s interests in Hitler.
The Treaty of Versailles was created at the Paris peace conference to officially end World War 1. It was negotiated between the allied powers to meet their individual goals and punish Germany. World War One was fought mainly in central Europe but countries from all over the world were involved. The allied powers include England, France, United States, Italy, and Japan. The central powers were Germany, the Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria. It is important to note that since the allied powers won the war they believed that they did not need to include the central powers. The Treaty of Versailles was supposed to created peace but instead created another war. The treaty had unreasonable terms, caused many economic problems, left many
The League of Nations was given possession to Germany’s overseas colonies. Germany was forced to return Russian land seized in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Germany’s army was no longer allowed to enlarge greater than 100,000 people. Germany was prohibited from joining with Austria. Economically, Germany was destroyed by the Allies. Mortifyingly, Germany had to “admit full responsibility for starting the war” (History Learning Site). As mentioned before, an ineffective League of Nations was also put into place by the Treaty of
Germans hated the Treaty of Versailles because they did not understand they were responsible for starting the war neither they felt as they had lost. Another reason that the German hated the treaty was the terms of the treaty, which created political and economic problems. This includes territorial restriction on German, military Restrictions on German, territorial losses, reparations, League of Nations etc. As a result, a piece of land was split in centre of Germany for Poland to have a coastline, which weaken Germany from East Prussia (East Prussia had been a source of great revenue and the political elite for Germany). Another territorial restriction on Germany that the Germans did not expect was that the Saar coalfields were to be given
The first case was the physical result of the Treaty. Germany suffered a major territorial loss, for example, the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine were returned to France and it was not only their territories but Germany itself. Therefore Germany lost over one million square miles of land.
The Versailles treaty helped cause second world war in many ways. Germany and other countries already had helped cause World War l with nationalism, militarism, and imperialism. Some countries were still doing that. Germany thought they could come back and win second war. The Versailles treaty produced German anger and humiliation sowing the seeds for world war 2.
World War I was a major shock for the world and left Germany devastated, in debt, and looking for revenge. The Treaty of Versailles, signed on June 28, 1919, was supposed to create peace, but in the end, all it created was another disaster. The treaty forced Germany to lose territory, caused serious economic problems, and left many German people angry. All of these factors created German resentment towards the Western world. The effects of the Treaty of Versailles weakened Germany’s government and allowed for the rise of Hitler in Germany after World War I.
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War II. But instead of peace it produced German anger and humiliation sowing the seeds of World War II. It did this through territorial losses, military restrictions, economic reparations, and the war guilt clause.