Many Americans felt that the Treaty was unfair on Germany. More importantly, they felt that Britain and France were making themselves rich at Germany’s expense and that the USA should not be helping them to do this. In the end, the Congress rejected the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations.

The Treaty of Versailles is often referred to as the hated treaty – this is due to the fact that the leaders of America, Britain, France and Germany were all deeply unhappy with many different areas of the final agreement.

The first reason the Treaty of Versailles was perceived as unfair was the inclusion of the War Guilt Clause which was juxtaposed to German perceptions of World War I. The War Guilt clause gave culpability to the Germans for beginning the war which held widespread ramifications with regard to the rest of the Treaty.

Germany, Austria and Hungary did not participate in writing the treaty. Germany had the choice of signing it or facing its occupation by Allied troops. Germany had to reduce its armed forces from 6 million to 100,000 men and to get rid of its submarines and military aircraft and most of its artillery.

Summary. Clemenceau liked the harsh things that were in the Treaty, especially reparations, because they would harm Germany. The Treaty of Versailles was a compromise, and it satisfied nobody. Even Georges Clemenceau, Prime Minister of France, did not get everything he wanted out of the Treaty.

The treaty forced Germany to surrender colonies in Africa, Asia and the Pacific; cede territory to other nations like France and Poland; reduce the size of its military; pay war reparations to the Allied countries; and accept guilt for the war.

The Treaty of Versailles (signed in 1919) and the 1921 London Schedule of Payments required Germany to pay 132 billion gold marks (US$33 billion [all values are contemporary, unless otherwise stated]) in reparations to cover civilian damage caused during the war.

Harsh conditions created by the treaty led to the rise of Fascism. The territory and population was reduced to 10% of what it originally was. Germany lost all oversea possessions as well as European territories it previously owned. Germany accepted full blame for the war.

The new boundaries that were established caused major social problems because various ethnic groups were forced to mix. The establishment of Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and other mixed countries caused major problems in the future. The German people with the new government’s acceptance of the treaty.

Under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was required to make monetary payments to the Allies, called reparations. The heavy reparations, combined with the devastated economic infrastructure throughout Germany and political tension under the Weimar Republic, led to an economic depression.

Paying the allies caused the economic collapse of Germany, which meant that millions of Germans were starving. this caused great anger among the people, and resentment of the treaty, which Hitler eventually used to get into power. Made Germans angry, becuase they were suddenly all split up into different countries.

For a short term effect, the treaty devastated Germany socially, politically, economically, and deprived German citizens of their pride. In the longer term, the treaty became a precursor of the rise of Hitler and the World War II.

The Treaty of Versailles was created in hopes of stabilizing Europe and ensuring another world war would never happen again. Unfortunately, the Treaty actually helped cause World War II by fueling Germany’s anger against their territorial losses, military restrictions, economic reparations, and the War Guilt Clause.

Treaty of Versailles Set the Stage For World War II The Treaty of Versailles set the stage for WWII because it upset Germany that the Treaty of Versailles set up lots of restrictions for Germany. Germany was also not invited to the creation of the treaty, which enabled other countries to set these restrictions.