Negative Effects Of The Treaty Of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles, which was signed as a peace settlement after World War 1, consisted of many positive and negative factors. In fact, some of the factors played a very significant role in history. The Treaty was created for peace between Germany and the allied powers, France, Britain, and the United States of America, but it more or less created political conflict and economic disarray in Germany. The Treaty of Versailles is actually a very fine example of situational irony, for it was meant to cause peace after a battle, but basically started a whole other battle itself, just over controversial arguments.

The Treaty was signed June 28, 1919, but wasn’t registered by the Secretariat of the League of Nations until October 21, 1919.

First of all, accepting full blame for causing the war was difficult for them to do because they did not agree with the statement, but also, it tainted their reputation for the country as a whole. They knew it would make them appear untrustworthy and ignorant, which could really hurt them in the long run with trades and other economic factors. Also, paying that much money for reparations was just frightening in general. It was just such an excessively high number, so they had every right to worry about going bankrupt or just generally going into a huge debt. Army was more or less just a sign of pride and power. If Germany had to back down on army size, it would make them appear weak and powerless, which is every countries largest fear when it comes to battle or competition of any type.Also, if drafting was now illegal, and all soldiers had to be volunteers, they might not find as good of soldiers and maybe not even enough people that would want to participate without being forced. To go along with that, forfeiting their overseas empire down also made them seem more vulnerable and less powerful. Germany also worried because not being able to have armed vehicles, submarines, or aircrafts seemed unsafe. If they were not prepared to defend themselves at some point, and they were attacked with no armour, they had no chance at saving themselves. Losing the right to have Austria as an ally also worried Germany because

Germany absolutely despised the Treaty, but it wasn’t just them. Clemenceau, of France, thought the Treaty was not harsh enough towards Germany. Lloyd George, of Britain, thought that the Treaty was just a great pity and believed another war would occur because of it. Lastly, Wilson, of the United States, was very let down by the Treaty, for he thought it was much too harsh towards Germany. Wilson claimed, “If I was a German, I wouldn’t have signed the