Treaty Of Versailles Dbq

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After the all was said and done, the victors of The Great War met in Versailles to construct a plan to reform Europe. This plan eventually resulted in the Treaty of Versailles. However, because the main four leaders were conflicted in what they wanted to do to better Europe and punish Germany, the treaty was messy and unsuccessful. While most thought it would be based on the Fourteen Points, opposition from Clemenceau resulted in the treaty being nothing like anyone had thought it would be. It punished Germany too harshly, and forced them to take all the blame. Britain and France benefited from Germany’s loss, and only created more tension. Germany lost much of its military, territory, and resources, and was unfairly pressured to sign …show more content…
Was it Germany, as most countries (Correction: Most Allied countries) seemed to think? Was is Serbia, with their assassination of Franz Ferdinand? However, the whole conflict goes back much further. The entirety of the Industrial Revolution helped contribute to the building tension, as well as militarism and the alliances formed by several world powers. All of these helped build the pressure, until one small event could trigger a series of explosions that led to the deadliest war of the time. And after it ended, the Treaty of Versailles helped re-build the pressure so that World War II could occur. The Treaty of Versailles was very unfair and biased. Among other things, it forced Germany to take the blame for all of WWI, and pay for war damages, which helped destroy Germany’s economy. It also took away most of Germany’s military, quite a lot of territory, and valuable resources. It’s obvious that all these created feelings of desperation and anger, which was later taken advantage of. The Treaty of Versailles also was disorganized and messy, which was caused by the disagreeing opinions of the people who drew it up. So it was no surprise that it eventually caused one of the biggest wars of all