The War Of The World War I - 1279 Words

On June 28th, 2015 the peace treaty that finished World War I was agreed upon by Germany and the Allies at the Palace of Versailles in Paris. The main three Allies showed their interest: British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, French Premier George Clemenceau and US President Woodrow Wilson. The Great War had crushed Europe. Limitless territories of north-western Europe were diminished to almost nothing; French and Belgian towns and towns had vanished from the map without any trace of existence. The war destroyed Europeans male population. Both sides endured losses on a practically immeasurable scale. France had endured more than 1.4 million dead, and more than 4 million injured. Altogether, 8.5 million men had died. Numerous voices†¦show more content†¦The most essential terms of the Treaty of Versailles were: â€Å"War Guilt Clause - Germany should accept the blame for starting World War One Reparations - Germany had to pay 6,600 million pounds for the damage caused by the war Disarmament - Germany was only allowed to have a small army and six naval ships. No tanks, no air force and no submarines were allowed. The Rhineland area was to be de-militarised.Territorial Clauses - Land was taken away from Germany and given to other countries. Anschluss (union with Austria) was forbidden† (World War Two-Causes). For the Allies, the settlement had made peace which demilitarized Germany, secured the French border against assault and made an association to guarantee future world peace, to be known as the League of Nations. Yet the reaction in Germany against the Versailles was huge. Regional misfortunes to the new Polish state on the Eastern Front enraged numerous Germans. The neutralization of the Rhineland and the joining of Germans into the new land of Czechoslovakia also angered Germans. The term that angered Germany the most was the fact that they had to take the blame for causing the world. â€Å"As Germany looked for revisions to the treaty, the US Senate dismisses the Versailles settlement and vetoed US enrollment of the League of Nations. This was to