Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The Treaty of Versailles(ended WWI)

When Germany lost World War I, the allies wanted Germany to take full blame for all the damage. The allies wrote The Treaty of Versailles to punish Germany harshly. It wasn't enough to make them responsible for the war but it cost them dearly.

Germany lost a lot of money with the Treaty of Versailles. 10% of German lands were lost as a result, that made Germany lose all its colonies overseas. Then a huge 12.5% of Germans found themselves living outside German borders. Germany had suffered a huge economic lost in paying the Allies for reparation payments.

Germany got their military disarmed. Germany felt ridiculed because their military was the reaason Germany was famous. This made it look weak and defensless to other nations. Ths made a political uprising.

Germany was harshly punished for what it did. The Treaty of Versailles made completely sure that it got what it deserved. But all the punishment led to a hatred that Germany generated to all the nations that were part of the Treaty of Versailles.

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