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The treaty of Versailles was a treaty signed at the end of World War I by Germany and the Allies. United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy negotiated the treaty at the peace conference held in Versailles beginning January 18, 1919. The treaty reduced Germany’s armed forces to very low levels and prohibited Germany from possessing certain kinds of weapons, it also established Germany’s liability for reparations. The treaty was supposed to ensure peace and help Europe recover from the war. In my opinion the treaty did not help with any of those two subjects.

The Treaty of Versailles did not help ensure peace and it did not help Europe recover from war because Europe’s economy was still the same. Document 3 states that the treaty did not help Europe make the defeated Central Powers into good neighbors, also an arrangement wasn’t reached to restore disordered finances of France and Italy. This document explains that after the war was over and the treaty was made Europe remained the same. Document 8a article 51 also states that the treaty didn’t help Europe because the territories stopped being under …show more content…

Document 1 shows a cartoon in which a big bag with the amount of $55,000,000,000 written on it is on top of a person that resembles Germany. This cartoon shows that Europe wants Germany to take all the blame for the war and wants all the responsibility to fall on them. Document 5 shows a cartoon in which a person resembling Germany is being forced to swallow a pill with the words “peace terms” written on it, while Great Britain is saying “you’ve got to swallow it whether you like it or not”. This cartoon shows that Germany was being forced to accept the cease fire terms which required Germans to leave all occupied territory, to surrender their arms and warships, and also to withdraw all sources from west of River

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