Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was put in place after World War I as means to control Germany and as well to punish them. The treaty itself was very harsh on Germany even though they were not the only country to have a significance impact on the war. The ruthless rules put in place on Germany because of the Treaty of Versailles caused Germany to feel as though they were being treated unfairly which would later lead the German people to rebel and support radicals. The difference between this treaty and others was the simple fact that the Germans did not have the choice of weather or not to accept the treaty they either had the choice to accept or be attacked by the allies once again. As one German Field Marshall named Hindenburg put it, "In the event of a resumption of hostilities we can . . . defend our frontiers in the east. In the west, however, we can scarcely count on being able to withstand a serious offensive . . . The success of the operation as a whole is very doubtful, but as a soldier I cannot help feeling that it is better to die honorably than accept a disgraceful peace." Since the Germans did not have the military or money to sustain such an offensive because of the war they just finished they had to sign the Treaty of
Many of the conditions set in the Treaty of Versailles would never of been imposed if they were done in today’s world but back then, under the conditions resulting from the war, and with the public supporting the Treaty of Versailles the only thing that had to be done was to go ahead with the plan to the delight of most of the Allies. There were many reasons for which the leaders of the war had to go along with the the Treaty of Versailles and that was but the biggest of them all was public, the public was furious beacsue of the destruction of the war and beacause of that they had to put hte blame on someone and that blame was put on Germany. So to satisfy the public who wanted to "Make Germany pay" or another saying of that time, "hang the Kaiser" the leaders at taht time had to come up with a plan taht would punish the Germans enough to satisfy the public. Another reason that the treaty came out to be so harsh was that the Big Four as they were know which were the leaders of USA, France, Italy, and England set the treaty up so early. If they were to wait a while and let everyones tempers calm down such as those of the public and the leaders themselves they could of came up with some reasonable clauses for the Treaty. Instead some of the leaders went on instinct and in the heat of the moment used they're revenge as a fuel for the ideas they established in the Treaty of Versailles. The place itself where the discusions for the treaty inself were also a contributing factor in the decsions made on that treaty. Germany had once established its empire there and marched its army in victory through there it gave Georges Clmenceau who was the leader of France a chance to greatly influence the clasues of the treat because he had the entire public behind him in that place and he himself was also angry over the war and therefore the location was also a contributing factor of how harsh the treaty was. If the treaty were to be done in a nuetral location the anger and ideas of the public would not of been as big of a contributring factor and the leaders could of otherewise thought more reasonably and came up with means to punish Germany without they're people feeling resentment and angry enough to avenge the allies and lead to another war. After all of that one could still see how under those conditions with public opinion being the driving force behind most leaders and the conditions of the war how the harsh punishments imposed on Germany could be avoided. Although the League of Nations had its some succes at first it eventually did not have the power since one of the world powers at the time, the Untied States, never entered the Leage, beacsuae of that and for otehr reasons they League coule not solve interenationnal disputes. Two of the biggest incidents that eventually led to the downfall of the League of Nations was the dispute with Japan over a city of China called Manchuria. The league did not have the control to stop Japan and Japan also being a part of the League of Nations went agai
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