The Treaty Of Versailles: The First World War

After the armistice was agreed on, a treaty had to officially end the Great War. So in Versailles Paris on June 28, 1919, the treaty, soon to be known as the Treaty of Versailles, was signed. The treaty was conjured up at a peace conference by four men. They were named, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando, and Woodrow Wilson, well known as the big four. The big four created three key points party of the Treaty of Versailles that could have influenced W.W.II..

One key part of the Treaty of Versailles was that Poland and Czechoslovakia were now new countries. The territory that formed these two countries used to part of Germany. So Germany had lost land for two countries that were not for themselves. Obviously this made germany upset. Another problem was that the people in Poland and Czechoslovakia were still German. So there were two ethnic groups living together. Not only did that cause disputes but there would have been a fight for government and power. Nevertheless Germany was angry and as a result of their anger, W.W.II. began. …show more content…
Many years ago there was a war fighting for this territory called the Franco-Prussian War. Both France and Germany were fighting for Alsace-Lorraine. Germany had won fair and square but of course France was disappointed and wanted revenge. The French had their opportunity to get revenge with Germany with the Treaty of Versailles. The Germans were furious but they could not do anything about it until W.W.II.. Alsace-Lorraine was fought over because it's large amounts of iron and grapes. the iron could be used for weapons and the grapes for wine. And because Germany had to recover from the war as well, they relied on selling weapons. Taking away Alsace-Lorraine economically broke them. And with France now standing in the way of Germany’s quick and easy recovery from war, Germany gets