The Treaty of Versailles was to be a peace agreement between the Allied powers and the Germans signifying the end of World War I. Ultimately, the Versailles agreements created political discontent and economic chaos worldwide. While the meeting did create concessions from those in attendance as a compromise, the effects were yet to be seen. The world war had ended and the treaty was written by some, but not all therefore it could only fail to maintain peace.
The Treaty of Versailles was fair or not, not a simple answer due to the various perspectives from the different effected entities. Take the French perspective the felt as though the Germans should lose everything to compensate for the destruction they caused in France. From their point of view, it was not even close to fair punishment for Germany. Seeming …show more content…
On the other hand, for the American and British leaders, blame on one country seemed unrealistic, so the war guilt clause (Clause 231) would seem quite extreme. Whereas this is a treaty, meaning a compromise between nations in this case, no one achieved all they wanted. None the less no nation was left with the short end of the stick. Whilst some argue that Germany was shafted we must visualize the entire picture. Many of Wilson’s peaceful Fourteen Points were not achieved, none the less he had faith in the League of Nations to sort everything out later. Clemenceau intended revenge against Germany, and to some extent this was achieved, however, it was not to the level he initially desired. Lloyd-George closely achieved his goal of a compromise between the French and American ideas to begin with. Likewise, in any type
The Treaty of Versailles was fair or not, not a simple answer due to the various perspectives from the different effected entities. Take the French perspective the felt as though the Germans should lose everything to compensate for the destruction they caused in France. From their point of view, it was not even close to fair punishment for Germany. Seeming …show more content…
On the other hand, for the American and British leaders, blame on one country seemed unrealistic, so the war guilt clause (Clause 231) would seem quite extreme. Whereas this is a treaty, meaning a compromise between nations in this case, no one achieved all they wanted. None the less no nation was left with the short end of the stick. Whilst some argue that Germany was shafted we must visualize the entire picture. Many of Wilson’s peaceful Fourteen Points were not achieved, none the less he had faith in the League of Nations to sort everything out later. Clemenceau intended revenge against Germany, and to some extent this was achieved, however, it was not to the level he initially desired. Lloyd-George closely achieved his goal of a compromise between the French and American ideas to begin with. Likewise, in any type