Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The Treaty of Versailles (Ended WWI)

The Treaty of Versailles affected the Germans in the end of WWI because, they were pretty much blamed for everything and had to give up their land and money. The Treaty made them give up 10% of the any land they owned whether in Europe or overseas. They also lost about 12.5% of their people during the war. The treaty also caused the German's economy to go down and they could barely pay their dues to the Allies. This treaty wasn't fair at all because it gave the right for the rest of the world to blame Germany for everything that was lost in the war. The Germans were in need to recover from this economic downfall that it caused the rise Adolf Hitler to have power and also the rise of Fascism. I think that historians say that the Treaty of Versailles caused the rise of Hitler and fascism because of the economic downfall, so the German people pretty much fell right into Hilter's hands without knowing the consquences of it.

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