The Treaty Of Versailles And Its Effect On The World War I

The Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles was a treaty signed between Germany and the Allies which consisted of Britain, France and America. The idea of the Treaty was to end World War one and Germany would be too weak to start another war. This meant that there would be peace throughout Europe for a long time but it was controversial at best. It was signed in the Versailles palace which was large enough for hundreds of people to be involved in the signing on 28th of June 1919. Germany had almost no say in what was put into the treaty but they had no choice but to sign it otherwise they would be invaded by the Allies. â€Å"Its 15 parts and 440 articles reassigned German boundaries and assigned liability for reparations†Ã¢â‚¬ ¦show more content†¦Along with the reduction of men, â€Å"Germany was not allowed tanks, submarines or military aircraft and the navy could only have six battleships† (Mr Hinds’ History; what were the main Terms of the Versailles Treaty 2016). This was created so that Germany would not have the force to declare war but still had the power to stop communism from getting into Western Europe. Another aspect to the Treaty of Versailles were the economic terms. These terms stated that Germany had to pay 6.6 billion dollars back to the allies. Germany was not able to pay this amount of money so they had to borrow money from nearby countries. This meant that Germany fell into huge amounts of debt and lost their title for second most economically advanced country in the world. There were two more important Terms for The Treaty of Versailles, they were the General terms and the territorial terms. There were three important general clauses to the treaty. The first was that Germany had to take all responsibility for the war, this was called the War Guilt Clause and it was the term that Germany was the most upset about. The second was that Germany had to pay for all war damages which was mostly to France and Belgium. The third was that a League of Nations was set up to keep world peace and Germany was not allowed to join. There were also the territorial terms of the treaty where Germany had to give up