What Are The Effects Of The Treaty Of Versailles Treaty On Germany

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The Versailles Treaty was one of the main causes for the start of World War II. The treaty harshly affected the Germans because the treaty took land away from them. The Germans also had to pay money for the damage they caused during World War I, which they received a lot of blame for. The Germans had to pay a lot of money; they had to pay 132 billion gold marks in 1921; which would be worth $367 billion as of 2010. The allied countries continued to go against Germany, “The amount of ... [reparations or payments] to be made by Germany shall be determined by an Inter-Allied Commission.” This quote means that the countries wanted to completely ruin Germany. The allied forces wanted Germany to amend for their consequences. The other countries involved in World War I had much less consequences even though they did …show more content…

Hitler gained a lot of respect from the citizens because of his “good leadership”, which was basically just aggression and making threats. When Hitler didn’t like the Treaty of Versailles he made his thoughts very clear and the German citizens backed him up. When Hitler wanted to invade Poland to get "his'' land back and get revenge for all of the wrongdoing towards his country, he had a large army of his supporters following closely behind him. The Nazis succeeded in winning control of Poland and they continued their terror all across Europe continuing to invade the allied forces. In conclusion, the Treaty of Versailles helped cause World War II because the Germans were met with unfair consequences and Germany had a leader who wouldn’t let those unfair consequences pass. If the Treaty of Versailles were never signed, Hitler wouldn’t have had so much motivation to get revenge on the countries who did his country

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