Alsace-Lorraine

The treaty of Versailles took place during 1919. It required Germany to surrender Alsace and Lorraine region to France following a unanimous resolution at the convention. Its significance is that it led to the end of the World War I and set a precedent for the enactment of international peace treaties to end the war. Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth…

be argued that Clemenceau’s views were best represented in the Treaty. He received the reparations from Germany and a demilitarised Rhineland, which would protect France and act as a buffer. France also received German colonies and some land (Alsace-Lorraine), but Clemenceau still believed the Treaty of Versailles should have been harsher than it…

The Versailles Treaty and the Rise of Hitler World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. The Treaty of Versailles was imposed on Germany in 1919 by the winning allies, who included Britain and France. The Treaty consisted of five main points. These five main points are what contributed to the rise of Hitler. In my essay I am going to go over each point and the effects it had upon Germany. The first point in the Versailles treaty was stated in…

Nationalism is based off the ideas of one feeling the superiority of their country against others based off of race, culture and power. Through the process of German unification it brought about the sense of nationalism and the ideas of a nation. A nation consists of a common culture, being financially powerful, and unified. Otto von Bismarck who was the Prime Minister of Prussia at this time helped succeed Germany to being one of the top five major powers of Europe. Bismarck wanted his country…

his realpolitik policy. One of the short term goals he had in mind was the diplomatic isolation of France. The french were distraught and angry over the lost of one of their great industrial and military producers, Alsace-Lorraine. Bismarck knew about this and knew that the only way to avoid having a war on two fronts was by having a good diplomatic relationship with russia. Bismarck did this by attempting to create alliances with the other powers but he always excluded…

strongest in Europe of the time. However, with the defeat of Spain in the Thirty Years’ War and the Peace of Westphalia, Spain no longer had the right to control the Netherlands. France gained a significant amount of territory such as portions of Alsace and Lorraine. Due to Cardinal Richelieu, who was Louis XIII’s favorite, France became absolutist. He limited the power of Huguenots, nobles, and governors to centralize power in the hands of the ruler. Louis XIV under the guidance of his favorite…

peace it favored revenge on Germany. Germany involuntary had to sign the Treaty of Versailles. They did not get a choice. The Treaty resulted in Germany losing ownership of its colonies; thus created Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. The Alsace-Lorraine also got restored to the French. Germany also in the treaty required to pay fifty-six billion reparations. Also in result the German Navy got abolished, and the Army reduced to one hundred thousand. The allies willingly signed the Treaty of…

Germany was forced to pay massive war reparations, disarm, remove its colonies, and accede the point that they allowed the war to happen. They also lost Alsace-Lorraine, a highly contested area at the beginning of World War One. These intense terms laid out by embittered and calculating Allied Powers planted seeds of hatred and anger in Germany that allowed for Hitler and his nationalist party to take control…

As a quintessential example of peace settlement, Treaty of Versailles has been widely regarded as the last page of World War One, following the armistice, formally marking the conclusion of war status between Germany and the Allied and Associated Powers (Brezina, 2006). However, the Treaty has only enjoyed limited success and was, paradoxically, accused of laying the cornerstone for its predecessor, the following World War Two (Keynes, 1920; Schuker, 1992; Taylor, 1991). The cardinal objective…

World War 1 was one of the most important wars.You will be reading about causes,battles,problems that happened around the world.Why was it important or facts.World war 1 was from 1914-1918. Marne,Verdun and Gallipoli were one of the important battles in the first world war. All mostly occurred on the western front.They did have a good amount of combatants to worry about in their battles. First,Marne was fought by the Marne river near Paris France.By Germany had attacked both battles.Fought…