The Treaty Of The Versailles Treaty

In 1921, The Big Three came to a conclusion. The Big Three were the the three most important men at the Versailles conference. The three men's names were :George Clemenceau, the Prime Minister of France,Woodrow Wilson, the president of America, and David Lloyd George, the Prime

The Treaty of Versailles was a major event in the 1920’s that was largely responsible for the events to follow, including the rise of Hitler and World War 2. Woodrow Wilson came up with a fourteen point plan of how to end the war with fairness and lasting peace. Germany was willing to accept the consequences because they trusted the treaty would be based off of Wilsons’ plan. Unfortunately for Germany and her allies, there were meetings with the four main allie leaders at Versailles to determine the final terms of the treaty without them. These men were determined to punish Germany, excluding Wilson, and hold them completely responsible for World War One. The consequences for Germany were unreasonable and unfair because Germany was not able

The United States, sought a peace treaty that would address how World War I began. The United States also wanted a treaty that would not punish Germany for fear of instigating resentment with the German people, for example, resentment was one of the factors in the rise of the Nazi regime. The final version of the treaty did not sit well with President Wilson, even more, only eight of his Fourteen Points were actually merged into the Treaty. Some of Wilson’s points were not respected by either side, for instance, point five urged countries to work towards disarmament and reduction of munitions. President Wilson, initially regarded the Treaty as a means of a temporary fix to an unbalanced world. This regard was based on the fact that the President knew very little about Europe. Furthermore, President Wilson became extremely embittered as the corrections to the Treaty became more punitive towards Germany. Even though the United States successfully avoided a high casualty and damage rate from the war, likewise, President Wilson and the American people shared the same disappointment that he felt towards the Treaty of Versailles. Therefore, the treaty was greeted with disappointment in the United States and due to the ‘fourteenth point- The League of Nations, Congress refused to ratify it.

In 1919, the Paris Peace Conference organized by the triumphant leaders of World War I, initiate reparations and peace treaties amongst the Allied and Associated Powers and the conquered Central Powers it led to the rise of the treaty of Versailles. The progression of the treaties that were discussed in the Paris Peace conference, are what formed the new countries and borders that reshaped the entire map of the world and also resulted in many Empires becoming economically unstable. The Paris Peace Conference began with the leaders of the Allied Powers and their contributions were: Wilson’s fourteen points, the Treaty of Versailles, reparations, and the Locarno Pact. Their inability to reach the goals of these treaties led to resentment, and eventually led to the next World War.

· The big three: Where the most important men at the Versailles Conference they were Georges Clemenceau who was the prime minister of France, Woodrow Wilson who was the President of the U.S. and David Lloyd George the prime minister of Britain.They all wanted to have peace and never have any more wars but they all disagreed on how to do this.

How fair and just was the Treaty of Versailles for the countries involved? The creation and terms of the treaty were neither fair nor just. Although Germany showed a large amount of aggression and was overly confident during the First World War, the terms in the treaty should have been went over more thoroughly because they unfair, cruel, and caused the empire to become demolished in many ways. The Big Three, aka David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Woodrow Wilson of the United States, and George Clemenceau of France, were in the same boat in the sense of what was wanted of Germany from the treaty. Their opinions were the main terms discussed at the Paris Peace Conference.

The summer of 1914 was the summer were a war broke out in Europe. When the war started the ottoman, empire stayed neutral they knew they weren’t as strong as the many other nations who were fighting in the war. As the war went on the Ottomans were in a big monetary crisis and owed some big debts to European powers. They were doing so bad they couldn’t pay these debts which led them to side with central powers in

Which countries should become immediate members of the league of nations or at some point thereafter?

Following the Treaty of Versailles at the completion of World War 1, Germany fell into a state of ceaseless economic and moral decline, and its people became increasingly dissatisfied with the nation’s conditions. Many historians agree that Germany’s circumstances were caused due to the extensive reparations it had to pay, however, at this stage, Adolf Hitler’s ideologies of racial superiority and his anti-Semitic views falsely led him to accuse the Jews of Germany’s problems. Using the race as practical scapegoats, Hitler began dictating ideologies of German nationalism and anti-Semitism through speeches - delivered to the like-minded individuals of the German Workers Party (later, the Nazi Party) - and later through his

The failure of the Treaty of Versailles in the United States Senate was due to both the opposition of the treaty in liberal and conservative forces, as well as Woodrow Wilson’s stubbornness and incompetence when deciding the final version of the treaty with imperialism, German restrictions, and the League of Nations. As World War I began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, igniting a conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary that snowballed into a war with Great Britain, France, and Russia against Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. When the war was over, the Treaty of Versailles needed to be discussed between the Great Britain, France, Italy, and the United States. The European demands from the war were fueled by revenge, and their imperialism countered Wilson’s apparent morality. Although isolationists and Republicans desired to influence the treaty, Wilson had accepted the European demands, and even after altering the treaty for European gain, he disallowed the treaty from passing twice in the Senate after Henry Cabot Lodge added reservations. Wilson’s influence on the Senate and the Treaty of Versailles led to its defeat in the United States and ultimately the US absence in the League of Nations.

Once the devastating, disastrous World War I had ended at the eleventh hour in the morning of November 11, 1918, peace treaties ensued and the post-war boundaries of Europe were redrawn. In 1919, the “Big Four”- David Lloyd George of England, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France, and President Woodrow Wilson from the United States, convened to discuss how the enemies, predominantly Germany, would pay for the damage of the aftermath of the total war. Although, it was not just one treaty drafted but several separate ones with each country who had a hand in this calamitous conflict. President Wilson set forth the Fourteen Points in the Paris Peace conference in which he believed it would bring stability to Europe; however, the final peace treaty resulted in little similarity to the Fourteen Points and largely came about to result in the Treaty of Versailles in which Germany had little choice but to sign it. One of the other treaties was The Treaty of Trianon, signed by Hungary under protest, in which they were to pay for reparations and forced to agree to have their land size as well as its military to be significantly reduced. Due to the harsh, “peace-making” treaty, Hungary was left in a state of turmoil, pieced to dismemberment, and consequently, discriminatory conflicts took place.

The Paris Peace Conference was assembled in mid-January of 1919 and was arranged by the allied victors of World War 1. The purpose of the conference was to establish the terms of the peace after the end of World War I. Although twenty-one nations participated in the conference, “The Big Four” which consisted of United States, UK, France, and Italy; directed the procedures and determined the terms of their “Treaty of Versailles”.

On June 28th 1919, the “Big Three”, Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson, and David Lloyd George, on behalf of Great Britain, the United States, and France, had formulated a peace treaty called Versailles Treaty to end the four-year-long First Word War, establishing the famous “Versailles System”. The purpose of the system is to build a peaceful world dominated by the victor countries, such as Great Britain, the United States and France. Therefore, the treaty harshly punished the losing countries, like Germany, Austria, and Hungary, making them decline in power. Every country participated in the Paris Conference with its own goals, and all countries, especially the three biggest

To the subject and passive onlooker, those meticulous organizers of the Paris Peace Treaties allowed for an unfortunate amount of flaws to enter their task of creating a treaty that could satisfy all of the nations of not only Europe but of the world as well equally. Yet one must attempt to put that passiveness behind and admit that those of the time of post World War I had truly no idea what was to come of their decisions. Thus, the decisions of these toilers of the Paris Peace Treaties undoubtedly made a medley of wrong judgments that were virtually unforeseen at the time. The first of these mistakes was that they looked over the problems that the

the Quadruple Alliance during 1818-22. Among these meetings, the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle contributed to peace. At this congress, the powers agreed to withdraw the army of occupation from France and to admit France into the Quadruple Alliance. The former agreement removed French hostility against the powers; while the latter showed that the Quadruple Alliance was not directed against France. Both improved France’s relations with other powers, and France was longer a threat to peace. In these ways, the Congress System helped to keep peace. According to the analysis above, there were at least two factors which helped to keep the peace of Europe in the period 1815-1914 --- the Vienna Settlement and the Congress System. Undoubtedly, the parts of the settlements made at Vienna in 1815 relating to encircle France with stronger buffer states and to build a balance of power in Europe contributed to peace. On the other hand, the Congress System also gave peace to Europe by removing any excuse from France to start a war of revenge on her former enemies. Which one between these two was a more important one? As the Vienna Settlement not only stopped France from future aggression, but it also provided Europe with a more sustainable peace by creating an effective balance of power in Europe. In other words, the Vienna Settlement removed two possible threats to peace ---