On January 18, 1918, the allied countries started the Paris Peace Conference to come up with ideas relating to the defeated powers of World War I. On June 28, 1919, over a year later the Treaty of Versailles was signed. In the Treaty, Germany was to follow a set of terms and conditions following their unconditional surrender. With the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was made to follow a set of conditions following their unconditional surrender. With the treaty being signed the formation of the League of Nations came out and Germany was not allowed to join for the first ten years. The Rhineland was demilitarized; as to create a military buffer for France. The Saar was given to France for fifteen years, Alsace-Lorraine was returned
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“Germany had appealed to the United States for peace on the basis of President Wilson’s pronouncements, particularly the Fourteen Points. The President had leisurely consented to transmit the appeal to the Allies,” However after the agreement and by the end of the Peace Conference, Woodrow Willson went back on his word and provided with the above agreement for the German people. Now when it comes to the Treaty of Versailles two sides have appeared relating the topic. One side claiming that the treaty was extremely fair to the German people and the other claiming that it was not strict enough. There are three types of consequences that are a result of the treaty itself due to either its strict behavior regarding the area or due to the lack of strictness. There are economic consequences, political and social consequences, and there are military consequences. Another open argument for the Versailles treaty is whether or not it created a temporary peace or provided the framework for …show more content…
The argument here is to see whether or not Germany should have payed more in reparations and whether or not it would have made their economic situation worse. As per the treaty one of the conditions that had to be completed were the reparations for the war, which was a cost of 132 billion gold marks. Now the number 132 billion was not random, but created during the peace conference after looking at a number of factors. “The reparations discussions in Paris focused on four key issues: the extent of Germany’s liability; the question of her capacity to pay; and the problem of how, and over what period the necessary payments could be made.” Germany before the treaty was established was already harboring towards economic turmoil. The main reason it was already in turmoil was due to the British blockade preventing supplies and trade to be established. After the war the reparations became a topic of flawed problems handed to the German people. Ruth Henig in her book the Versailles and after 1919-1933 comments that “No single issue caused more acrimony at the peace talks that the question of reparation payments.” and Erik Goldstein in his book The First World War Peace Settlements 1919-1925 comments that “The issue of reparations payments has generally been regarded as the most flawed part of the settlement.” France and Great Britain both wanted to make
“Germany had appealed to the United States for peace on the basis of President Wilson’s pronouncements, particularly the Fourteen Points. The President had leisurely consented to transmit the appeal to the Allies,” However after the agreement and by the end of the Peace Conference, Woodrow Willson went back on his word and provided with the above agreement for the German people. Now when it comes to the Treaty of Versailles two sides have appeared relating the topic. One side claiming that the treaty was extremely fair to the German people and the other claiming that it was not strict enough. There are three types of consequences that are a result of the treaty itself due to either its strict behavior regarding the area or due to the lack of strictness. There are economic consequences, political and social consequences, and there are military consequences. Another open argument for the Versailles treaty is whether or not it created a temporary peace or provided the framework for …show more content…
The argument here is to see whether or not Germany should have payed more in reparations and whether or not it would have made their economic situation worse. As per the treaty one of the conditions that had to be completed were the reparations for the war, which was a cost of 132 billion gold marks. Now the number 132 billion was not random, but created during the peace conference after looking at a number of factors. “The reparations discussions in Paris focused on four key issues: the extent of Germany’s liability; the question of her capacity to pay; and the problem of how, and over what period the necessary payments could be made.” Germany before the treaty was established was already harboring towards economic turmoil. The main reason it was already in turmoil was due to the British blockade preventing supplies and trade to be established. After the war the reparations became a topic of flawed problems handed to the German people. Ruth Henig in her book the Versailles and after 1919-1933 comments that “No single issue caused more acrimony at the peace talks that the question of reparation payments.” and Erik Goldstein in his book The First World War Peace Settlements 1919-1925 comments that “The issue of reparations payments has generally been regarded as the most flawed part of the settlement.” France and Great Britain both wanted to make