Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The Treaty of Versailles (ended WW I)

The treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty between the allied powers and Germany. It blamed Germany for the war and had them take all responsibilities for it. Their colonies were taken away from them. Germany had to pay 11.6 billion euros for reparations. Germany could not have more than 100,000 troops and they could not export, import, or make weapons. They could not have tanks, armed aircraft or armored cars. I think that the treaty wasn't fair because it only blamed Germany for the war when there was a lot of factors that led to the war. Historians thought that the treaty of Versailles led to World War 2 because that weakened Germany and made it easier for Hitler to convince the German citizens that he would be a good leader.

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