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Henry Cabot Lodge

Because they were Republicans. The president was a Democrat, and the Republicans had gained control of Congress in the election held five days before Germany signed the Armistice and gave up. And then, just like now, Congressional Republicans are not going to give a Democratic president anything, even if doing so would be good for the country and the entire world, and even if such an action ensured a second world war.

Germany is part of the group called the central powers back during world war 1 the central pwers also included austria-Hungary they would fight on a territory called the western front where they would fight in land water and sea. the fighting on land was not like traditional fighting you see in movies where people just run and go for each other. people would build trenches about five feet deep and would fight from the trenches. called trench fighting (for its obvious reason) the land in between the trenches of opposing sides was called "no man's land" there is a song by matallica that talks about the war. the first air flight unit used by both sides was the hot air balloon. the balloon was used because it could see into the other opposing sides trenches and would be able to tell where the weak spots were and would send word down to its side to tell them where to attack. the next air craft used by Germany (central powers) and britin (allied forces) were early airplanes. like the ones you see in cartoons where they have a large wingspan and it looks like its made out of canvas. that's the planes theat both sides would use in world war 1 the british plane was more advanced than the German plane it was smaller in wingspan and length but could go like a thousand feet higher and travel an hour longer without dying.the Germans also were the first to use submarines in their warfare. this was called unrestricted submarine warfare. the grmans sunk 4 American ships killing almost a hundred people (the Americans were not even in the war yet!!) then the Germans sent a telegram to the country capitol of Mexico telling them that they would help them regain their lost land from America if they became allies in the war. this pissed off the Americans and the Americans began to fight in the war agains the Germans.and that is how Germany came to be in the agreement of the treaty of versillias.

Samantha Campfield

10 grade, Independence Missouri

(we are studing this in advanced world history right now lol)

Article 231. It was the Reparations Clause. It ordered the German Empire to pay reparations to the United States. The original amount was 226 billion Reichsmarks, but was later reduced to 132 billion Reichsmarks (worth about $438 billion USD, circa 2010).

This put Germany into a state of hyperinflation, making their money worth less and raising their taxes to astronomical proportions.

It was drawn up and signed in the Palace of Versailes, France.

WW1 was the cause. The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed between Germany and the Allies after WW1. The Treaty was a direct cause of WW2 because Germany was dissatisfied with the harsh penalties imposed upon the country by the treaty. The above claim that Versailles 'was a direct cause of WW2' is American college mythology.

mHitler Island hopped and took over the Sudetenland and had an appeasement with them. Hitler also made a non aggressive pact with Joseph Stalin and he broke the pact. Stalin had to fight Hitler with what he had and won and Germany surrendered

The Treaty of Versailles caused World War II. This treaty took away Germany's land, money, livestock, and natural resources, which forced their trading and population to decline. It also set limitations on Germany's army, forcing them to have a much smaller army. This led to the rising of Adolf Hitler and the German Nazis, who eventually started World War II.

First of all its the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles was the Treaty that ended World War Two . In its terms Gemrany lost much of its land because of losing the war.

Japan had nothing to do with the treaty.

After World War I the treaty of Versaille stated that Germany was responsible for the war and thefore had to pay reparations to the winning nations like France.

So you could say that the reparations were enforced on Germany after the war.

In Tokyo Bay (Japan) on board the US fast battleship USS Missouri.

The USS Missouri is now anchored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

In 1919, many of the world powers met in Versailles, France, to sort out the wreckage of World War I. The Treaty of Versailles is the document that ended open hostilities in Europe in WWI. The provisions contained in it were very punishing against Germany. Massive financial payments were levied, also the German military was greatly restricted in it's size and strength. Large areas of land were taken from Germany. Even though much of the punishment of Germany was justified,many of the German people resented these punitive actions. Among these was a former corporal in the German Army by the name of Adolf Hitler. He determined to rise to power in Germany and by stirring the National pride,he would reverse as many of those "injustices" as possible. He gained power in 1933 and began to rebuild the military. After several bloodless annexations- The Saar,the Rhineland, the Sudaatenland,and Austria and dividing Poland by treaty with the Soviet Union, his next move would plunge Europe into what became World War II. On September 1, 1939 German forces crossed into Poland and quickly over-powered the Polish military. Most historians firmly believe that the way WWI ended laid the foundation for WWII some 20 years later.

There is much that people today can learn from the long term results of the Treaty of Versailles. Specifically, it is that people should not severely punish the losing side following a war. They should make the terms of any treaty fair and moderate to all concerned.

well, Germany started building weapons and stuff so that they could take back the land wich had been taken away from them as part of the treaty. then it all went to hitlers head and he thought he was invincible, so he started killing all the Jews and basically made another war.

The terms of peace laid out by the Versailles Treaty were actually plans to decimate the German military and economy.

The moment that Hitler came into power, he stopped paying reparations to the Allies. The treaty of Versailles stated that Germany was to pay 6,600,000,000 pounds over a period of 66 years. In 1924, Stresemann signed the Dawes plan which meant that Germany could pay what she could actually afford each year, starting with a sum of 50 million pounds.

When Hitler stopped paying reparations, he took the money that should have gone to the Allies and put it straight back into the German economy.


He then disregarded the Arms restrictions put on Germany in the Treaty and built the army up from 100,000 men to 900,000 men.Not only did Hitler want to turn Germany into a war machine, but this increase in infantry provided more jobs for the thousands of unemployed Germans.


After making an appeasement with Britain and France, Hitler re-militarised the Rhineland. The Treaty of Versailles stated that the Rhineland was to be completely demilitarized and occupied by Allied armies for 15 years. After signing the Munich Treaty with Britain, France and Italy ( Chamberlain, Dalandier and Mussolini ) the French withdrew their troops from the Rhineland. Hitler used the Rhineland to test his boundaries and see if the Allies would interfere. They did not.


Hitler made an alliance with Austria. The Treaty of Versailles said that Germany was not allowed to unite with Austria, her German speaking neighbour, and create one German nation. Hitler did it anyway.

The Germans were hoping for real negotiations and a peace based on President Wilson's Fourteen Points. They did not expect a dictated treaty.

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts led the fight against the League of Nations in the United States Senate. Lodge was the ultimate politician, and Wilson was not. Lodge knew that the longer the debate over the League lasted, the less the American people would take an interest in the ratification of the League. He dragged the debate in the Senate on and on. At one point he even read the entire 264 pages of the treaty into his committee's hearings. In the end, after Wilson collapsed while on his tour of the nation to gain support for the League, the Senate rejected US membership in the League.

The difference is that the Treaty of Versailles was to help Germany repair itself after the Great War. The Marshall plan was to give Germany $12 billion to help it get in order to not start another war and try to help Germany so they would not get so conceided.