Treaty Of Versailles Essay

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Due to the effects of the Treaty of Versailles on top of the effect of the war, made the treaty unfair to the German people. The Treaty of Versailles was created after World War I to create an armistice between Germany and the Allied Powers. The main impact of the treaty was that it made Germany pay all of the war expenses.
The Treaty of Versailles was inequitable because the German government had no input into the treaty and the German people had to pay for the cost of the war. The only responsibility the Germans had was to sign the treaty. After the war, Germany had its own debt, expenses, and reductions in its civil population from the war. It is not often seen however that the war was based on decisions of the government and military, and that the German …show more content…

The war was not only hard physically on the soldiers but also on the civilians at home because of the war food and medicine were shipped out to the soldiers fighting. The people, who did not go to fight then would end up suffering from starvation and/or diseases. After suffering through the war Germany was now expected to pay the war expenses of Germany and of the allied powers. The expenses hung like a millstone around Germany’s neck. The weight of these expenses ended up being too big to bear, and the main cause the drastic economic downturn through Germany. Germany, the single losing country in World War I, had to pay the entire war debt for itself and the victors. The burden of having to pay for the cost of the war for Germany and France and other Allied Powers was too great. This burden and high debt lead to a failing economy. The state of the economy leads to a loss of jobs for many Germans. Another aspect of the treaty made Germany relinquish some of its lands, giving it to France, Belgium, and Poland. In a similar manner, Germany was forced to relinquish all of its colonies to the Allied powers. An additional aspect of the

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