The Treaty of Versailles (ended WW I)

The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty, signed on June 28, 1919, to officially end World War I. This treaty required Germany to accept full responsibility for the war. It also forced Germany to pay reparations to various countries that were damaged by the war. Germany was also divided to be controlled by certain ally forces. Germany’s army was limited to 100,000 active troops and no aircraft, tanks, gas, or heavy artillery.The Treaty of Versailles greatly angered the Germans. It deeply hurt Germany economically and socially, after it was already suffering from immense casualties.The treaty only worsened Germany’s state of destruction. A country, already depleted of its money because of the cost of war, was forced to pay for the rebuilding of other nations that suffered from the war. The sum required added up to an un-payable amount of money. This gave Germany no time to rebuild its own economy.

The German people were excluded from the league of nations and was forced to live by other people rules. In 1922 they had to suffer the humiliations of French troops entering the Ruhr to secure payments because they had fell behind they reparations. The treaty led to a lot ecominic problems and a lack of food and jobs. Later on in the mid twenties it led to further ecominic problems.
6,600 million was to be payed as reparations, to the Triple Entente. France, Britain and other countries were given colonies of Germany, land was constantly being taken from them. The Rhineland was to be demilitarised and these are just a few of the terms of the Treaty.The reparations, alone, were depressing the country. The money in Germany had become almost useless and people were becoming poorer and poorer with the taxes. One of the few positive things that can be said about the Treaty of Versailles is the formation of the League of Nations. This league consisted of many of the world nations, who met to solve world issues nonviolently. The purpose of this league was to prevent any further wars between nations.