Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The Treaty of Versailles (ended WW I)


The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28th of June in 1919. The treaty was an peace agreement after World War I was ended in the year 1918 which was between the Allied and Central Powers and the German empire. The treaty of Versailles was all about German having the responsibility of the damages that happened after World War I. After The end of World War I there was a great lost, and a lot of damages in the country because there were many places that was destroy, many people were died and many of them had lost their jobs, family, homes and also they were very little food during that time to survived on. Germany had to accepted the decision that was made because it was said that they started the war. Germany think it was unfair for them to be responsible and payed for the damages that had happened because it wasn't only them who took part in the war but also other countries in the world. Germany had lost 10% of their territory and lost overseas colonies which was divided and shared to other countries such as France and Britain etc. They couldn't do anything about the situation because they were embarrassed and felt insecure about their inability to defend themselves because they were forbidden to have submarines or an air force in Germany, they were only allow to have a navy of only six battleships and an army of 100,000 men. Germany was forbidden to unite with other countries such as Austria and they were not allow to join the League of Nations. During this time it was very difficult for them to regain their power and wealth easily because they had to pay an amount of money for the damages.The population of people in Germany was decreasing because their land was taken away by other countries and divided into smaller territory.The people outside the new German border felt bad because they were force to follow and obey the new rules of those people.

Many historians said that the Treaty of Versailles had led to the rise of Fascism and Adolph Hilter which i think is true because the Treaty was unfair and had given Germany the blame for all the damages that had happened after World War I and Germany wasn't able to payed off the debts because they already had lost a lot and they wasn't able developed quickly so they decided to choose a strong and powerful leader who were able to gain back their loss. Adolph Hilter was chosen to become the leader of Germany and he was able to payed off their debts and restore the country losses.





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