As it would appear the First World War led to a rather distressing engagement and a vast number of post-war difficulties for the German race in the face of their defeat in 1918. It seemed that as a result of their loss, other more advanced, countries found the need to emasculate them further with a number of significant terms that came in the form of various treaties that forced the German people to take the blame or the War Guilt, and pay for the cost of the war itself in the form of reparation payments to other nations. Aside from the war costs and the reparation fees, pre-existing territories and colonies, that those from the opposing side held, were lost in the great division lands as apart of one of the treaties. It would appear that because
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Near the end of the First World War, the United States President, Woodrow Wilson crafted a post-war proposal that contained a total of fourteen aims that would be later called the “Fourteen Points”. In eight of the dictated points, the man dealt with a series of territorial and political settlements that would be rewarded to the Entente Powers with the commencement of the First World War, before the remainder of the points devised a plan to prevent future conflict on such a scale, which as it would appear failed. His final proposal was that a League of Nations was necessary to arbitrate future international disputes, before they became hostile like those experienced months beforehand [The Treaty of Versailles, 1919]. On the 11th of November 1918, the German leaders that led their people through the war signed an armistice in the Compiègne Forest with the hope that this small defeat would lead to an even greater victory, thinking that instead of having a gruelling punishment, the Entente Powers would be merciful. At the time, people believed that the Fourteen Points would become the …show more content…
The French believed that forcing the nation into a towering debt was the best means to stop the German people from recovering, and attacking them again. It was more of a personal vendetta to limit the growing nations potential than a reasonable clause. The nation was demonised because of the destruction the state caused during the First World War, and therefore, was considered the worst of the worst and treated as such in all cases. Hence, the reasoning behind the political need for the German State to take the full burden for the war and prepare for reparations with costs as high as 33 million dollars. The consequences for this particular article were far reaching, and resulted in further humiliation and rage on the German side. As it became clear that the Germans would not be able to pay the full reparations, the other nations decided that it would be better for the blame to be placed on them as a compromise. The accord was later reached on the Seventh of April 1919 before it was adopted into the register. The idea of maintaining a full-fledged air force was forbidden with the Germans being seen as a race that desired war over peace. Aside from the harsh
Near the end of the First World War, the United States President, Woodrow Wilson crafted a post-war proposal that contained a total of fourteen aims that would be later called the “Fourteen Points”. In eight of the dictated points, the man dealt with a series of territorial and political settlements that would be rewarded to the Entente Powers with the commencement of the First World War, before the remainder of the points devised a plan to prevent future conflict on such a scale, which as it would appear failed. His final proposal was that a League of Nations was necessary to arbitrate future international disputes, before they became hostile like those experienced months beforehand [The Treaty of Versailles, 1919]. On the 11th of November 1918, the German leaders that led their people through the war signed an armistice in the Compiègne Forest with the hope that this small defeat would lead to an even greater victory, thinking that instead of having a gruelling punishment, the Entente Powers would be merciful. At the time, people believed that the Fourteen Points would become the …show more content…
The French believed that forcing the nation into a towering debt was the best means to stop the German people from recovering, and attacking them again. It was more of a personal vendetta to limit the growing nations potential than a reasonable clause. The nation was demonised because of the destruction the state caused during the First World War, and therefore, was considered the worst of the worst and treated as such in all cases. Hence, the reasoning behind the political need for the German State to take the full burden for the war and prepare for reparations with costs as high as 33 million dollars. The consequences for this particular article were far reaching, and resulted in further humiliation and rage on the German side. As it became clear that the Germans would not be able to pay the full reparations, the other nations decided that it would be better for the blame to be placed on them as a compromise. The accord was later reached on the Seventh of April 1919 before it was adopted into the register. The idea of maintaining a full-fledged air force was forbidden with the Germans being seen as a race that desired war over peace. Aside from the harsh