German Johannes Bell and Foreign Minister Hermann Müller signed the Treaty. They did so under protest.
Germany's Chancellor (elected after the abdication of the Kaiser) Philipp Scheidemann was supposed to have signed the Peace Treaty, but resigned in protest and disgust over it's treatment of Germany.
The German reaction to the Treaty of Versailles The German reaction to the Treaty of Versailles The German reaction to the Treaty of Versailles The German reaction to the Treaty of Versailles
They were all utterly appalled by the harsh terms.
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Well I'll tell you now the treaty of Versailles wasn't a present. The American president, the U.K Prime minister and Italy and french leaders were present. The German leader was not, this is partly why they were treated so harshly
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German rearmament violated the Versailles Treaty. The Italian invasion of Ethiopia violated the charter of the League of Nations, which was a creation of the Versailles Treaty.
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The terms of peace laid out by the Versailles Treaty were actually plans to decimate the German military and economy.
The terms of peace laid out by the Versailles Treaty were actually plans to decimate the German military and economy.