The Consequences Of The Treaty Of Versailles

The Second Great War was a long and bloody war, which ruined many lives around the world. Many believe that the war could have been avoided while others say there was no stopping it. What did the Treaty of Versailles do to the losers of W.W.I? Why did The League of Nations (LoN) fail to work? Why did the treaty not work? There are many records that help both sides of the arguments of W.W. II. Could the ending of one terrible war leaded right into the next one without anyone noticing, or failing to inform others of the actions taking place. In October 1918 the German government came forward to the U.S. president Woodrow Wilson to make a general armistice (Encyclopedia Britannica). Germany accepted Woodrow Wilson’s treaty but the other allies demanded that German pay for the damage they have caused all over Europe. After all negotiations were over the Treaty of Versailles was signed 28th of June 1919, but America never signed the treaty because the USA Germany had little to no say of what was put into the treaty and the allies knew that the German government would adhere to any conditions. German knew they had been beaten and needed to stop the war at all cost which gave the allied powers free range on whatever they thought the German people should pay. The treaty cut a mass chunk out of the land that German had owned, depleted their allowed

The LoN did fix most territorial problems and most times both parties were happy with the outcome. “The biggest successes of the League of Nations were perhaps the social work that they implemented” (gcsehistory). They also had a great deal with refuges help and the establishment of a health organization that worked to eradicate diseases around the world. All the good and bad things that the LoN did helped the whole world by showing how a committee like this needs to run. We now have the United Nations which has been a very successful