Why Was the Treaty of Versailles Unfair?
Jordan Holdorf
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The first point was the most important because if Germany was invited, they could have worked out points which suited both countries, and nothing which happened after the treaty would've occured.
The second point was very important because it explains that Germany had to sign the treaty. If they didn't, they would've been forced to defend themselves, which Germany wasn't perpared for. They faced too much damage from WW1 to continue.
The third point is saying that Germany was completely destroyed by the Treaty of Versailles. This is one of the first points because the big three didn't give Germany any pity. Although Clemenceau wanted it to be harsher, Germany was not able to fuction as a country with these terms.
The fourth point says that Germany was forced to accept blame for the war. This is not as important, because it is quite a personal point to Germany. Although it doesn't really affect the country, it affects the reputation of Germany. Although Germany just joined in the war, they have to take blame for it, which was very unfair.
The 5th and 7th points are in green. This means that they are political. In the 5th point it states that Germany was not allowed to join the League of Nations, until they proved that they were a peace-loving nation. This is political because the League of Nations is an organization where many countries come together to make decisions. Because Germany wasn't there, they could plot against Germany. The 7th point is also political because it states that Germany can't defend themselves from an attack, as they had to reduce their army. This takes away all their power and makes them a very weak country.
The 6th, 8th and 9th points are all in yellow. This means that they are economical. All of these points led to Germany's economical crisis which followed after the treaty was signed.
Germany wasn't invited to the Paris Peace Conference. This meant that no one was stopping the Big Three from completely destroying Germany.
Germany was forced to accept blame for the war, although many other countries were involved, like Austria-Hungary.
Germany was threatened by France and Britain. They said that if they didn't sign the treaty, they would continue the war.
Germany was forced to pay a huge amount of reperations to all of the allies. This was unfair because many other countries were involved in the war, but none of them had to pay.
Germany wasn't allowed to join the League of Nations until they proved that they were a peace-loving nation.
10% of Germany's land was given to other country. This lead to an economical crisis.
The terms in the treaty were very harsh. With Germany aggreeing to all of them, there was no way that the country would do well.
Germany was forced to reduce to only 100,000 men in the army. With an army that small, there was no way that they could defend themselves if they were attacked by fairly large nation.
16% of Germany's coalfields and almost half of it's iron and steel industry were lost. This meant a lot of the population lost jobs, and were left very poor.
