The treaty of Versailles occurred after World War I. The Treaty was the terms of peace to end the war, although it became clear that the peace terms would be mostly decided by the allies, headed by 'The big three' - Wilson (USA), Lloyd George (Britain), and Clemenceau (France), who had destroyed Germany in the war and could do pretty much what they liked. In early 1919 the Allies discussed the terms of the treaty, and on the 28th of June 1919 the Weimar government signed the Treaty.

The Treaty itself was seen as very unfair by the German people, who reacted with anger and bitterness. The main effects of it on Germany were -

· Germany lost a lot of land - Many areas of Germany, including the Alsace-Lorraine, the Saar, Posen, Danzig and Upper Silesia amongst others - were taken from Germany either with or without a plebiscite (a vote among the local population) and th

While in prison, Hitler decided to take a whole new approach to the way he operated, and realised that the only way the Nazis could seize power was legally. The violence used by the brownshirts and the SA wasn't completely stopped, but it was greatly reduced and the two organisations were disassociated from the Nazis, who tried to make it look like these organisations made their own orders and it wasn't orchestrated by Hitler.

· Clause 231 - The war guilt clause - blamed the whole war on Germany. This made the German people bitter and resentful, and made them lose a lot of pride.

With the help of Franz Von Papen, a crafty but not very intelligent right-wing nobleman, Hitler became chancellor in January 1933, with Von Papen as vice-chancellor. Hitler had succeeded in using the Treaty of Versailles to attack and undermine the government, and was now in a position to seize more power and destroy the Weimar government.

· Reparations - Germany had to pay reparations to the allies. This meant that Germany had to repair all the things that were damaged in the war, by paying back gold and goods to the countries affected by the damage.

In 1929 came the Wall Street Crash. This was a major event on the stock market in the USA, but the repercussions were felt all over the world. In all, 30,000 companies went bust and 5 major banks crashed. The Crash affected Germany because, in the Treaty of Versailles, Germany had borrowed money from the USA in the Dawes and Young plans to try and pay the reparations. However, in 1929, the USA became economically unstab

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