Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The Treaty of Versailles


The Treaty of Versailles was held in the palace of Versailles ( on the right). In the treaty of Versailles Germany was blamed for the entire WW1. Germany and their allies had lost the war. In the treaty Germany had to pay the other countries for the cost of the war. Also they lost many things. Germany was not allowed to have colonies on other countries. The countries Germany had during the imperialism were taken away from them. Germany was not allowed to have a greater number of people in the army. The treaty members decided to control this just in case the Germans wanted to rebel. Germany had lost the power they had for many years before the World War started.
I think that the historians say that the treaty led to the rise of Fascism and Adolph Hitler because the Germans were mad because they had to pay for the World War. Also Germany at that time were looking for a leader. They wanted to get out of having to do what the treaty said they had to do so it they would needed someone to believe in and to get them out of doing what they had to do because of the treaty.

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