Germany suffered the most by signing this treaty. Essentially, the treaty put an end to the German army. It forbid …show more content…
It is the belief that a country should use their army to settle disputes with other countries. Many countries at this time were not afraid to utilize their military, and would tend to solve problems with their army rather diplomatically. There was also an arms race between Britain and Germany. Both of their armies were growing rapidly, especially with the construction of dreadnoughts.
Imperialism was yet another cause for World War 1. It is the belief that a country should try to conquer other countries to gain power. In this era, everything revolved around power, and taking over other countries would help one’s country acquire power. The premise of the war was countries trying to gain power and control.
Woodrow Wilson wrote a list called the 14 points that proposed war aims. They dealt with preventing future wars, as well as territorial settlements in correlation to the Entente’s victory. The point of this proposition was to bring a “peace without victory”. Germany signed the agreement, however Britain, America, Italy, and France renounced the agreement at a peace conference that took place in