On November 11th 1918(the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month), the First World War officially ended. So this day Allies (France, Britain and USA) had a great joy. However not all the nations had fall in gladness. On this day nations of Germany had to feel anger and frustration. Also they had agreed (Armistice) to stop fighting during the terms of peace were consulted. Germany signed the armistice on 11th of November in1918, which was the day that the First World War ended. At first Germany believed that the Treaty of Versailles was similar as Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points. Reason why they thought it would be similar is because his points were designed to end the war peacefully and to treat the Germany in a fair way. However …show more content…
For example, it made Germany to hand over 70,000 square kilometers of their lands to the allies. Also Germany had to pay 6,600 million dollars to the Allies. In addition, Germany had to reduce their army, so they couldn’t ready for the next battle. Because of those terms of the Treaty of Versailles Germany hated it a lot. After Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles nations of Germany had live miserable lives, because high inflation happened in Germany. Germany made a wrong decision when they had to pay money. Instead of taxing people to give money for the damage to Allies, Germany borrowed a lot of money from other countries. As a result they had to pay more money with a huge debt. However German government printed more money to pay off the debt but it caused inflation. The government had 300 million papers and work 24 hours a day to pay a huge amount of debt. Germany wasn’t earning money properly, so it didn’t affect their wealth, which means they were still poor while they are keep making money. So prices of goods and education and services rose quickly. So many people didn’t go to the hospital, because it was too …show more content…
Due to the exclusion of the Nazi party, the Weimar Republic started to lose its power and control of Germany. Hitler wanted to spread his idea of nationalist to the German army, which could bring down the government in Berlin. However, Hitler got caught, because of his uprising to gain more power. So Hitler was arrested and he stayed 5 years in the prison. However while he was in the prison, Hitler wrote many books to gain more power, and books that he wrote were based on Nazi’s idea. Some books contained racism and abolishing the treaty of Versailles and dreaming about the large Germany again. Actually many people read those books and they started to support Hitler. Also, For Hitler to rise to power, he would have to use legal and constitutional methods, not violence. Therefore, he organized the propaganda and Merges with other right wing parties. As a result Nazi Party gained 14,000,000 votes from the nations of Germany, and Nazi became the strongest party. “At the risk of appearing to talk nonsense I tell you that the National Socialist movement will go on for 1,000 years! ... Don't forget how people laughed at me 15 years ago when I declared that one day I would govern Germany. They laugh now, just as foolishly, when I declare that I shall remain in power!” Adolf Hitler in Berlin, June
History Essay- The Treaty of Versailles On the 11th hour of the 11th day on the 11th month, gunfire ceased and silence was celebrated. It was the end of the war beyond all words. Following this, was the treaty of Versailles, which demanded impossible revenge seeking condition. The treaty came next, and shook the globe, with a demanding and revenge seeking ‘peace’.
World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919.The treaty, negotiated between January and June 1919 in Paris, was written by the Allies without German participation. The negotiations of the treaty revealed a split between the French, who wanted to dismember Germany to make it impossible for it to renew war with France. The Americans did not want to create pretexts for a new war. The U.S. wanted justice, whereas France wanted revenge and punishment for the Germans. The U.S., along with Germany, believed that the Treaty of Versailles was a little too harsh, but France thought that it was too soft.
As stated in Article 232 of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany became angry and humiliated as it was being forced to pay 132 billion gold marks ($367 billion in US Dollars, 2010) over the next 30 years (Doc C). In 1929, these payments were reduced to 112 billion gold marks ($341 billion), but Germany still fell behind on these payments as they were struggling to pay for their own reparations of World War I (Doc C). As Hitler rose to power, he stopped all of the reparation payments and continued to rule Germany in his own reign. The payments required for the reparations of the victorian countries did not allow Germany to strengthen itself, thus allowing anger towards the Treaty of Versailles to lead as a contributing factor of World War
The Treaty of Versailles might have been created with the good intentions of making peace between the nations once more, but did not completely accomplish that goal. The Treaty of Versailles allowed all of the nations involved in the war to have Germany
Why did the United States fail to deliver the promise of “Liberty and Justice for All” to Japanese Americans during WWII? There were many reasons why America failed at delivering this promise, but I will focus on three main reasons to clarify. The three reasons the United States failed Japanese Americans were Japanese internment camps, racial profiling, and forcing many Japanese Americans away from their homes which led to loss of possessions. The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28th, 1919 by Germany to make the world at peace again. However, the agreement began to make the nation very angry.
The Treaty of Versailles almost gave Germany another chance to regroup and gain strength back. At the time Germany’s people were very upset, this is what gave Adolph Hitler a lot of supporters. His propaganda was hateful, but the Germans looked for a way to find hope. Along with the Treaty of Versailles, it was just one of five treaties. In 1919 the peace treaties were signed.
The Treaty of Versailles between Allies (Britain, France, Russia) and Germany was perhaps the most important peace treaty that concluded WWI. It was signed six months after armistice, by defeated Germany, in Versailles, France, 1918. While it’s importance in dealing with Germany post war must be recognized, the Treaty of Versailles was ultimately a dictated one sided peace. It is necessary to take into consideration the circumstances beginning, and following the end of World War I to understand the purpose of the peace treaty. After a long, four years of disastrous war, and over 20 million deaths, the ending of the war left countries in a state of desperation.
The Germans were unanimously against the Treaty of Versailles. They viewed the terms of the treaty as humiliating and merciless, designed to keep Germany militarily and economically weak. To the Germans, the Treaty of Versailles was not the beginning of the New World that Wilson had promised, but a horrible
To add on, While Hitler was working his way to becoming the Chancellor of Germany he attempted to appeal to the poor or less fortunate to gain political control. Hitler used his speeches to speak out against the Treaty of Versatility which he found degrading to the German people, gaining him immense notoriety. After Hitler and the Nazi party failed to follow through with the Beer Hall Putsch Hitler and many other Nazi’s were arrested. During Hitler 's nine months of incarceration, he wrote his famous book Mein Kampf Which explains Hitler 's struggle and future plans for Germany. In conclusion, Hitler 's life was intense and patriotic to the German way,
There was four main ways the treaty of versailles contributed to ww2 and one of them was territorial losses. During the ww2 germany lost some land but they also lost one of the biggest port city (Doc A). When you lose the biggest port city/land you wont get lots of trade. Without trade you won't get money. So Germany would obviously be mad and want to get there land back.
Germany was full of debts that could not discharge. Other countries saw the misery of Germany and how they were going down because they had no lider so they took advantage of it. Day by day Germany started to fall down. This caused Germany to take reveange and to start ww2.
Hitler began to erase the history of a failed Germany and instilled a new one, one where Germany could've won the Great War and began to teach a racial science where the Aryans were the master race. Even going as far as insinuating Jesus as an Aryan man and not of Jewish descent, he repressed religion such as the Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church. In public schools religious instruction held back and omitted the Jewish origin
Sometimes blame is not easy to find. The Treaty of Versailles had ended the “war to end all wars”. In it, the allied powers-- France, Britain, and America-- had come to a decision on what Germany’s punishment would be. The Germans were not fond of the agreed upon conditions since Germany no say in the treaty.
A. The Treaty of Versailles was created as an agreement that Germany would pay for the damage that was produced during World War I. However, it might have been the most important creason of World War II. Many of the leaders saw it coming, yet they just ignored it. B. In what aspects did the Treaty of Versailles impact on World War II? C.
Adolf Hitler joined the party as a spy for the German Government. Hitler was fascinated with the politics of the party and soon became a member. In 1920, the party changed its name to Nazis (www.schoolshistory.org, 25-11-15). Hitler became the leader of the party in 1921 and adopted the swastika emblem. Hitler saw the opportunity and tried to seize power when the French invaded in 1923 (www.schoolshistory.org, 25-11-15).