Thursday, February 25, 2010

The Treaty of Versailles (end of WWI)

The Treaty of Versailles was a treaty written by the French and the English. This treaty declared the of ended WWI. This treaty was unfair, because it basically blames Germans for everything that happen in the war. The treaty said that Germans caused WWI and were responsible for all the lives lost. They also added in the treaty that the German are responsible for the expenses of the war and have to pay them. The Germans had no choice and were forced to follow this treaty. The treaty also made the German army to reduce in size only being able to have a limited number of people. After WWI the all of the world went into a depression and many people didn't have or lost their jobs. This also impacted the Americans because the Germans borrowed some money from the Americans and that led to a Great Depression.
In 1923 a man named Adolf Hitler tried to overthrow the government and was sent to prison. During his time in prison he wrote a book. In the book he wrote how they lost the war because of the Jews and they couldn't be trusted and promised he was going to get the people out of the depression. They wanted a strong leader and fast they didn't want to suffer no more. In January 1933 Hitler and his party of Nazi took over Germany. Hitler then became a dictator and eventually this led to WWII and historians say that it was the Treaty of Versailles that led to WWII. i agree with this because with out of the treaty the Germans would have been so desperate for someone to save them in which led them into more trouble. They were broke, starving, with out government, and that was all because of the treaty.

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