How fair was the Treaty of Versailles?
It was very fair
Ø The Germans were not completely crippled as Clemenceau was not satisfied and wanted more
Ø The League of Nations was set up, to avoid future conflicts like these.
Ø The Germans had their army only reduced to 100,000 men whereas the other treaties made the other countries limit their army below 50,000
Ø Even though only 50% of their iron and steel industries were taken by 1925 they were again an economic superpower and leading exporter in steel and iron
Ø The Germans had a harsher treaty on Russia in March 1918 (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk)
It was not fair
Ø The Germans were made to sign the guilt clause 231 in which they accepted.
Ø They were made to forcefully sign these treaties
Ø The reparations were very high it made the German people starve
Ø Germany lost a lot of its land mostly economically helpful areas
Ø They were not allowed to join the LON
Ø They were not allowed Anschluss
Opinion of the German People
Ø They felt that they were not the only ones who started the war
Ø Their army was reduced and they couldn’t defend themselves against small countries
Ø Germany losing territory was a humiliation for them
Ø They were insulted when the were not allowed to join the LON
Ø The banning of Anschluss was against the principal of self determination
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