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Treaty of Versailles

 

            World War I was the greatest war of human history because it totally changed the way that people looked at the world. "The Great War- arrived at a time of relative peace tat lasted for 40 years: the war challenged this order. The war not only influenced te early 20th century but the entire 20th century. The Great War was the major cause of World War II, the most deathful war of human history. The Great War had such impact mainly because of the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, which was harsh for Germany and used as a reason to justify the Nazis projects. This is why it is important to understand: What were the aims and results of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919? The aims of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 was mainly to discuss the post-war world by punishing and putting the entire blame for the war on Germany, which resulted in territorial losses, liabilities and military restriction for Germany and other countries of the Central Powers. The Paris Peace Conference process can be divided in three main parts: first, there is the context of when and why the conference occurred, which is really important to understand why some resolutions were adopted; then, there are the aims that the victorious countries are seeking in this peace conference; finally, there are the results of the Paris Peace Conference. .
             First of all, in the early 20th century, Europe dominated the world in economic, military, political and cultural domains. However, Germany was now unified and did not have any significant colonies. Germany was consequently interested in French colonies. On it side, France did not digest its defeat of 1870 against Germany and the lost of the Alsace-Lorraine. Europe was consequently living in an intermediary regime between peace and war, "armed peace-. Two main alliances were created between European countries: the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy) and the Triple Entente (France, Russia, United Kingdom).


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