Treaty Of Versailles Fair Essay

The Treaty of Versailles was signed between Germany and the Allied Powers, including Britain, France, Russia, and Italy. This officially ended WW1. Germany had lost the war, and therefore the allies who had won the war, decided to hold a conference in Paris, this conference was called the Paris Peace Conference and it was to decide what they should do now having won the war. The countries represented in the Conference were France by their prime minister George Clemenceau, England by their prime minister David Lloyd George and America by their president Woodrow Wilson. The prime minister of Italy Vittro Orlando was not present at the place where the treaty was discussed, even though Italy was part of the winning side. This was because before the war Italy was part of the Triple Alliance, when the war broke out Italy decide to withdraw from the Triple Alliance and therefore she joined the allies, for this reason Italy was deemed not trust worthy. Germany was not invited to this meeting. This was because England and France wanted to the war on Germany and this would be harder to do if Germany was there to defend themselves. In this essay, I, will explain how the treaty was both fair and unfair. The fair clauses of the treaty include war guilt and disarmament, whilst the unfair clauses include territorial clauses and reparations. …show more content…
The decision of reducing their fleets and armies was a good decision because Germany could start another war and cause trouble. No one wants another war right after a war has just ended. Per some historians, it was Germany who started the war. While I am on this side of the argument I believe that Germany knew she shouldn’t have attacked and triggered a chain of events that led to the war. After all, Germany does have to pay for all the harm done to other