The Treaty of Versailles, It's Impact on Germany and how This Played a Role in the Emergence of the NSDAP and Adolf Hitler Including Specific Dates and Personalities
The Treaty of Versailles ended the First World War. However, the treaty placed prohibited restrictions upon the German military and government that crippled the German nation. It also had debilitating effects upon the post-war German economy by facing Germany to pay war reparations. These territorial, military, and economic restrictions operated in such a fashion upon the spirit of the German people in a way that substantially contributed to the rise of the National Socialist Party and later German militarism. This militarism eventually fueled the Second World War. The Versailles Treaty was signed on June 28th 1919. The main architects of the treaty were the leaders of America, France, and Great Britain-Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, and Lloyd George. Woodrow Wilson wished to make an equitable peace with Germany, and create a treaty with no real winners or losers. However, because the American Congress refused to allow America to become part of Wilson's League of Nations and because America was a late entrant into the first war, the words of France and Britain had more sway in the terms of the Versailles Treaty. The French leader Clemenceau wished to bring Germany to its knees, militarily and economically, so it cou
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/treaty_of_versailles.htm 3. "The Treaty of Versailles." The History Learning Site 2005. (Available Online 11 Jan 2006). http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/treaty_of_versailles.htm The treaty also contained Clause 231, which Germany considered a blow to its honor as a nation and a misstatement of the conditions that had created the war. Clause 231 read: "Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war" and pay massive reparations to Belgium and France. (6) The Germans were irate that the Allies never attempted to negotiate with them regarding the contents of the Treaty. The first time that the German representatives saw the terms of the Treaty was just weeks before they were due to sign it in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles on June 28th 1919. (7) This sense of isolationism during the construction of the treaty carried over into Germany's political isolation in Europe during the aftermath of the war-it felt the brunt of the spiraling world depression particularly hard because of the requirements of the treaty, and thus its populace responded to this political isolation and economic destitution with anger against the rest of Europe. ld never rise again. The pr
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