The Unhappy Compromise
World War I was officially brought to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. The Treaty of Versailles was negotiated among the Allied powers of Britain, France, and America with little to no participation from Germany. The intent of the treaty was two fold, first to prevent another world war, and second to punish Germany for starting the war to begin with. This vindictive approach would spill over into every part of the treaty and would ultimately lead to its failure. The Treaty of Versailles was unsuccessful, because the German people saw it as a betrayal, Germany was isolated politically form the rest of the world, Germany was forced to give up vast amounts of land, Germany’s proud …show more content…
Germany was once ruled under the imperialistic form of government, but now the Weimar Republic took its place. This Weimar Republic accepted the Treat of Versailles, much to the German people dismay. The Treaty of Versailles was seen as a betrayal of the German people by their new elected government. Right-wing parties within Germany assassinated several politicians whom they considered responsible. The German people were not the only people who thought that the treaty was unjust, the United States Senate refused to ratify the treaty, and the U.S. government assumed no responsibilities for almost all of the Treaties provisions. Britain also took little to no part in enforcing the …show more content…
They had stood strong against all the allies could muster; yet the Treaty of Versailles required a massive reduction in their armed forces with the commitment to totally disarm. This disarmament further depressed the German economy by starving it of the industrial production that a military requires. Factory jobs were not the only ones impacted; hundreds of thousands of able body soldiers following the war found themselves being cut from the ranks with no other jobs to go into. This led to an overall depressed state of the working class in Germany. This part of the treaty was another failure of the treaty, because Britain and America wanted Germany to have a small professional army. However the French were fearful of a standing army that could quickly be
World War I was officially brought to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. The Treaty of Versailles was negotiated among the Allied powers of Britain, France, and America with little to no participation from Germany. The intent of the treaty was two fold, first to prevent another world war, and second to punish Germany for starting the war to begin with. This vindictive approach would spill over into every part of the treaty and would ultimately lead to its failure. The Treaty of Versailles was unsuccessful, because the German people saw it as a betrayal, Germany was isolated politically form the rest of the world, Germany was forced to give up vast amounts of land, Germany’s proud …show more content…
Germany was once ruled under the imperialistic form of government, but now the Weimar Republic took its place. This Weimar Republic accepted the Treat of Versailles, much to the German people dismay. The Treaty of Versailles was seen as a betrayal of the German people by their new elected government. Right-wing parties within Germany assassinated several politicians whom they considered responsible. The German people were not the only people who thought that the treaty was unjust, the United States Senate refused to ratify the treaty, and the U.S. government assumed no responsibilities for almost all of the Treaties provisions. Britain also took little to no part in enforcing the …show more content…
They had stood strong against all the allies could muster; yet the Treaty of Versailles required a massive reduction in their armed forces with the commitment to totally disarm. This disarmament further depressed the German economy by starving it of the industrial production that a military requires. Factory jobs were not the only ones impacted; hundreds of thousands of able body soldiers following the war found themselves being cut from the ranks with no other jobs to go into. This led to an overall depressed state of the working class in Germany. This part of the treaty was another failure of the treaty, because Britain and America wanted Germany to have a small professional army. However the French were fearful of a standing army that could quickly be