Describe the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and explain w

The First World War displays the disastrous effects caused by conflicts between countries. Millions of people were dead or injured and countries such as France and Belgium were devastated. The great powers had lost significant amount of people and had spent too much money on the war.

Many people wanted Germany to take all the blame, mainly Britain and especially France because out of the three winners they suffered the most during the war.

So all countries agreed that a peace settlement was required to prevent any future ward happening. A peace conference was held in Paris and Germany was not allowed to participate and was excluded from all discussions. Most Germans thought this was unfair and did not accept it.

Lloyd George’s opinions were in between those of France

After much deliberation the Treaty of Versailles was drawn up. The treaty was signed in June 1919 and all the points dealt with the defeated country, Germany.

The Rhineland became a demilitarised zone so that meant that no German troops were allowed to go there. This was because they needed to keep France safe from any attacks from Germany, as it had been damaged enough already.

Germany was charged to pay reparations. They had to payback the money to repair the damages caused during the war. I was a unanimous decision that Germany had to pay the Allies for the damages created.

The Germans disliked the Treaty so much because they did not accept defeat. They did not accept the guilt for starting the war and their pride was lost as they were without their armed forces. They thought it was unfair that other countries were not disarming as well. Hey had to give up their

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