... Page 2 set the tone for what would be a treaty that would later help Hitler and his party wage world war two. President Wilson's strength was not in foreign policy he made a big mistake when he went to Versailles. Although he majored in history, he knew little of European history ... . Wilson should have sent the secretary of state; Wilson's short sightedness was evident at the treaty. His main concern was his fourteen points of peace and the creation of the League of Nations ... the predecessor to the United Nations. America was badly needed after the war to guide the rest of the world,...

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... the United States felt so reasonable, left the average German feeling very angry. Lloyd George of Britain, Clemenceau of France and Wilson of the United States each had very different ideas on how to treat the defeated German state. President Wilson, keeping victory in the next election in mind, decided to get the war over with and return to the other side ... Europe would endanger the island of Britain as well. If Germany collapsed Lloyd George felt that the Germans might be persuaded to establish a new for of socialist government. But like Wilson, Lloyd George knew that he had to make...

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... administering the former colonies of the defeated countries. Germany also lost its entire colonial empire (Gelfand 356). There were four essential people in drafting the Treaty of Versailles. President Woodrow Wilson of the United States of America, Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Premier Georges Clemenceau of France, and Premier Vittorio Orlando of Italy were known as the "Big ... Four" and had drafted the treaty. All four men were striving for peace before armistice especially, President Woodrow Wilson, who greatly desired peace. President Wilson expressed and show...

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... the First World War wanted to punish Germany. The represented were the U.S., Great Britain, France and Italy. They didn't invite Germany at all. The leader of the treaty was Woodrow Wilson, the American minister. Their thinking was the same as in the Congress of Vienna, because they were afraid of that something like the Great War could happen again. So they ... the nations would work like a concert. On the other hand, the Treaty of Versailles made an unsuccessful thing, called the League of Nations. It was the most important issue for Wilson, the minister of America. The leage of Natio...

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... fair because the German Government had to pay money to support it's country. Additionally, Germany had to pay billions of pounds to the Triple Entente for the war reparations. Woodrow Wilson, the President of the United States at the time, came up with the idea of this treaty to prevent any future wars between the European countries. The Treaty of Versailles ... the first World War. If the treaty did not have a negative effect on Germany, Adolf Hitler and the other German citizen's hatred may not have been that strong. President Woodrow Wilson thought the Treaty of Versailles would make...

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... later, on France. The German invasion of Belgium to attack France, which violated Belgium's official neutrality, prompted Britain to declare war on Germany. World War I had begun. In 1918, Woodrow Wilson laid out his 14 points proposal for ending the war. In it he established the base of a peace treaty and the base of the League of Nations. In it he ... our own, wishes to live its own life, determine its own institutuions, be assured of justice and fair dealing by the other peoples of the world as against selfish aggression." Wilson wanted the restoration of many parts of the world incl...

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... Britain, and Italy all felt as though they deserved the harshest of punishment. The terms of the treaty were very harsh, but had been somewhat eased by the U.S. representative, Woodrow Wilson. The terms of the treaty, such as Germany cannot produce weapons, not even for security, Certain parts of Germany were completely demiliterized, and that Germany was to maintain a small army ... Germany not a reason to obey, but to rebel to the extreme for the punishmentsand terms that they were required to follow. The Allies set up a stage for a following war that Wilson had fought so hard to avoi...

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... out of its pact with Germany and Austria, and with the help of the United States the Triple Entente defeated the Dual Alliance. The Germans agreed to surrender under President Wilson's 14 points to end the war. The terms Germany had to accept were the evacuation of occupied territories in Belgium, France, Russia, Romania and Serbia, and the return of Alsace ... an independent Polish state. The Fourteen Points also asked for the removal of barriers to international trade, and for absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas in peace and war. Wilson demanded "open covenants of peace openl...

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... they gained power over Germany as she had to do what they said. In 1919 the peace treaty was drawn up by David Lloyd George (The British Prime Minister), Woodrow Wilson (The US president) and also Georges Clemenceau (The French Prime Minister). From the decisions made, Germany had lost everything She was asked to pay £6600 million for the damage ... ...

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... time were the territorial issues because the empires of Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman, and Germany had collapsed. These fallen empires had to be divided up and America's President Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau of France, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, and David Lloyd George of Great Britain, were the main deciders of this deal. During 1918, Russia was knocked out of the ... ...

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... of the war, two radically new weapons were introduced: the long-range rocket or V1 and the atomic bomb. 6. Basis for Peace Whereas the basis for peace after WWI was Wilson's 14 points (though not all 14 points were included in the five peace treaties signed after the war), no peace treaties were signed after WWII: Germany and the rest of ... ...

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... . There were many pacts and treaties made, some of which were successful, others were not. One of these was the League of Nations being set up. This was originally President Wilson of the USA's idea; it was the last point out of the list of 14 points put forward by him. The point of the League of Nations was for collective ... ...

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... tried to keep peace by making new things. One thing which was created by allies to maintain peace was League of Nations. The League of Nations was included in President Wilson's 14 points. At first the League of Nations was made up of members, who signed the Treaty of Versailles, but the United States of America never joined and Germany and ... ...

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... globe from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The roots of this war - with no doubt - lead to the end of the First World War. The articles of Treaty of Versailles, Wilson's Fourteen Points and efforts to keep Germany weak were some of the reasons leading to the Second World War. In 1919 after the end of the First World War Paris ... ...

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... . The war ended on November 11th of 1918. On January 18th of 1919, the Big Four Allied heads of state, Georges Clemenceau of France, David Lloyd George of Britain, Woodrow Wilson of the United States and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy met in Paris to discuss the treaty terms and what to do about Germany. The peace agreement was to be ... ...

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