Monday, January 30, 2012

The Treaty of Versailles is Unfair or Fair?


I personally feel that the Treaty of Versailles is both unfair or fair although I mostly think it's unfair for Germany. Germany had lot's of consequences for starting the war and the country fell down. The Treaty of Versailles involved lot's of major provisions such as loss of land, restrictions on the German military, financial losses,etc. Germany had to give a part of their territory to the Allied troops. "To guarantee the execution of the Treaty, the German territory situated to the west of the Rhine River will be occupied by Allied troops for fifteen years." (part of the Treaty of Versailles). Restrictions on the German military is a major provision which significantly drops down the German military because Germany was cut down to only 100,000 men, 6 major navy ships,etc. Since the German military dropped down, they don't have enough protection from the other enemies which makes Germany very weak.  Germans could only view this as an attempt to make them a weak, second-rate power due to the shortage of military. "The German military forces shall be demobilized and reduced not to exceed 100,000 men." (part of the Treaty of Versailles). Germany had to pay at least $33 billion for damaging the civilian population. The one major purpose of the Treaty of Versailles appeared to bankrupt Germany and prevent any chance of economic recovery."Germany will pay for all damages done to the civilian population and property of the Allied Governments. "[The figure was later set at $33 billion]."(part of the Treaty of Versailles). So the provisions of the treaty is too harsh for Germany although they were the ones who started it, am I right?


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