What are the social ramifications of the Treaty of Versailles?
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it declared Germany and it's allies ' guilty of aggression ' . \nAlcase-Lorraine was returned to France \nthe Saar coal mines of Germany were given to France for 15 yrs\nRhine Valley was de-militarized\nit disarmed Germany , a restriction of 100,00 soldiers was put , and it was not allowed to have an air-force or submarines\nall of Germany's colonies were taken away from her .
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Treaty of Versailles as you know was signed between Germany and the allied powers. According to this treaty A League of Nations was formed of which Germany wasn't made a member initially. The borders with countries like Austria, France, Poland, Luxembourg was well defined. The Saar basin of Germany consisting of mineral resources was handed to France for compensation of war. The union of Austria and Germany was banned. The colonies of Germany were handed to other countries for administration. The Rhine valley was demilitarised up to 50km from French Border. The military of Germany was severely curtailed. Apart from this many other sanctions were imposed causing Germany to disagree with it.
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I don't think Germany ever felt that way.  The feelings of humiliation that developed due to the loss of WWI and the requirements for Germany under the Treaty of Versailles contributed to the fall of the Weimar republic, the rise of Hitler and thus to World War II.
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Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the peace treaty which officially ended World War I between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany. After six months of negotiations which took place at the Paris Peace Conference, the treaty was signed as a follow-up to the armistice signed in November 1918 in Compiègne Forest (which had put an end to the actual fighting). Although there were many agreements to the treaty, one of the more important and recognized agreements required that Germany accept full responsibility for causing the war and, under the terms of articles 231-247, make reparations to certain members of the Allies.
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"One of the most obvious effects of the famine was emigration. Although the famine itself probably resulted in about 1 million deaths, the resultant emigration caused the population to drop by a further 3 million. About 1 million of these are estimated to have emigrated in the immediate famine period, with the depression that followed continuing the decline until the second half of the 20th century. These migrants largely ended up in North America, with some in Australia and in Britain."\nTable of figures at the site below
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Yes. Arguably, Versailles LED to WWII.  The Treaty of Versailles (ToV) harshly punished and blamed Germany for a war that was caused by poor dimplomacy and an all-around lack of goodwill on all sides that might have prevented the war in the first place.  The causes of the war were extremely complex, not the least of which was that many countries were just ITCHING to "play" with the new "toys" of war that industrialization had provided.  America acutally wanted a more balanced outcome at Versailles but wasn't strong enough on her own in 1919 to bring that about (and was in any case reeling from a flu epidemic at home that incapacitated their president).  Thanks largely to the self-righteous attitude of some countries that were out for blood - France in particular - the Germans were singled out as the cause of the war and were made to bear the brunt of the defeat.  This quite naturally led to considerable resentment among the German people - the wisdom of hindsight now allows us to see that this anger and resentment were to become the fertile soil upon which the fanatic Hitler was able to successfully sow his seeds of hatred and destruction.  Following WWII - a much stronger America - mindful of the lessons learned from the conclusion of WWI - insisted on creating strong and wealthy democracies out of the deafeated nations of Germany and Japan instead of creating punished adversaries seething with resentment.  The results of that courageous American vision stand in stark contrast to that offered by the European powers after WWI, as well as the Soviet model offered to Eastern Europe after WWII - and the results are plain for all to see.
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WW1 ended with the Treaty of Versailles.  The terms of the Treaty imposed harsh conditions on Germany.  Germany could not have a standing army, land was taken from Germany and the German nation was forced to pay huge sums in reparations.  The enconomy was experience hyperinflation.  This is where the money loses its value, almost to the point of being worthless.  People would ask to be paid at noon so they could run out and spend it---because by the end of the day their pay would only be worth half as much.  There are pictures of men pushing wheelbarrows FULL of German money down the street.\n\nHitler was a WW1 hero.  He saw the problems that Germany was facing under the unjust terms of the Versailles treaty.  He saw the wreck the economy was in.  There were no jobs for German citizens in the private sector, so Hitler created huge government projects that employed millions of Germans.  As the people went back to work, their apathy dissipated.  Hitler gained even more power, and in time was able to repudiate the Versailles Treaty and raise an army.\n\nthis is just the tip of the iceberg.  Read and study more about pre-WWII Germany.
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A series of broken treaties.  The usual, white man taking what he wanted and expecting other human beings to just put up with it in silence.  \n\nResearch the treaties involved and what became of them.\n\nSue
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It's basically who ever is on the upside of a treaty wins. Sometimes like in the WWs the central and axis powers lost by accepting an unconditional surrender (complete surrender). Sometimes it is who ever conquers the whole country, not necessarily by determined by casualties.
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Socially: Everyone ignored the ban on alcohol and partied a lot.  Economically: The stock market crashed and the economy plunged into a depression.  Politically: People blamed Hoover for the lack of jobs and money and elected FDR.
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WWII was thought of Germany's "revenge" or rebirth after the shame it was brought due to the Treaty of Versailles. Germany was made to pay the countries it affected after the war and limit the number of military troops. Germany was not present during the discussion of the treaty and it felt wronged. Hitler used this is a spin to bring the Germans to rally behind him. WWI is actually considered the "unfinished war" and WWII was just a continuation.
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The Treaty of Versailles imposed huge reparations payments on Germany for the damage that was done to France during WW1. The payment of this debt, at the expense of the German standard of living, and the ensuing hyperinflation played a large role in the rise of the National Socialist party.
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Fascism was a national movement and played on the strong feelings of nationalism (national pride). The Treaty of Versailles, which ended WWI, punished the Germans for their role in that war. As a result, their ability to arm themselves and to create and support large armed forces was taken away from them. They also had to pay large amounts of money to other countries for war debt, causing serious economic problems for them.\n\nAlong came Adolph Hitler who played upon the worst instincts of the German people and kept telling them they were a superior race, that they were economically in trouble because of other countries who were unduly punishing them for WWI. He promised to restore the country  economic superiority, to create and maintain  an armed force worthy of a world power (for defense, of course), and to make Germany a world power again as it indeed was destined to be (according to Hitler).\n\nThey believed him, and the rest is history.
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The Germans, when they broke the treaty of Versailles. Hitler began taking over neighboring countries and the rest of the world thought Germany wasn't much of a threat so they didn't really pay attention to what Hitler was doing.
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The Treaty Of Versailles laid down the penalties which Germany had to suffer for starting World War 1 (or you might say for losing WW1). These inlcude penalties in the form of payments of money & resources such as coal, a limit on the size of their armed forces & the prohibition of those armed forces entering certain parts of the country such as the Saarland (a coal rich area).\n\nThe call for the heads of "the Versailles traitors" (ie the beaten German leaders of 1918 who signed the treaty) was one of the slogans which helped the Nazis into power.
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Germany had been brought to its knees economically and militarily at the end of WWI with the signing in the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler was an outstanding orator, and because of the state of the country at that time and because he promised to restore Germany to world prominence economically and militarily, the German people believed him. He played upon the their worst instincts as he worked to create a superior race. He gave the Germans back their pride and national spirit. He came along at the right time when the country and its people desperately needed a strong leader. He filled that void for them. Unfortunately, he was insane!!
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Wilson's idea behind the Fourteen Points was to end the Great War in a way that might not lead to a Second Great War by eliminating what he saw as the systemic problems that led to the war. However, the greatest and ultimately insurmountable problem was the idea of "Peace Without Victors."\n\nOn November 11, 1918, as the guns fell silent, over 8 million men had been killed and literally trillions of dollars of property damage had been done. The damage to France's economic infrastructure was so great that it would not recuperate for decades, even if peace had lasted. The leaders of the victorious allies felt that morally and realistically they could not go to their suffering people and ask them to "chalk this up as a lesson learned." Someone had to pay, and at the end of the day, the war had to have accomplished something, no matter how far of a stretch that might be.\n\nWhen Wilson arrived at Paris for the peace conference, he was hailed all across Europe as a saviour of mankind. At the time, those accolades might even have been heartfelt from the people, but the leaders of the European allies knew the feeling would not last forever. The people had been suffering through four years of privation and nightmare and just wanted the war to end, no matter what the cost. As the years would go by, however, and they saw their neighbor on wooden legs and their children living in squalor, the people would very soon come to believe that their momentary feeling of forgiveness to the enemy was actually a moment of weakness, and come to the realization they had been tricked.\n\nAt Versailles, when Germany had withdrawn its army from France, her government was in chaos, her people in revolution and her allies pulled apart, the Western Allies dictated their terms.\n\n1-The war had to have accomplished something: The War Guilt Clause. Germany was forced to declare that the war had been entirely the fault of her government and their actions. The war had thus stopped a raging tyrant from conquering all of Europe and forcing his will on innocent people.\n\n2-Someone had to pay: Reparations. By declaring that the war was her fault, Germany found herself in the moral position of assuming the financial responsibility for the damages. This was vital to the Western Allies, because Germany was the only member of the Central Powers whose territory was still intact and whose industrial capacity was still in place. Austria, which had actually started the war, was torn to shreds and its industrial facilities were being looted by revolutionaries; the Turkish empire was in the hands of rebelling Arab tribes and occupying armies; Germany was forced to pay because she was the only one who COULD pay. The people of Germany were forced to sign a blank check: the Western Allies literally did not know the exact amount of the damage, and would fill it in later. Because France's economy was in ruins, Germany would pay in products, not in money.\n\n3-The next war had to be prevented: Military Concessions. By declaring that the war was her fault, Germany provbed she had been a danger to the safety of the world. The teeth of the wolf would be pulled. Her army would be gutted, her navy surrendered and she was to be denied the acquisition of modern weaponry. Large swaths of territory adjoining the border with France would be devoid of military activity, both offensive and defensive. Also, this would allow France to militarily occupy productive areas of Germany if she tried to default on her debt (France would occupy the Saar region because Germany had not delivered enough telephone poles that month!)\n\nIn the United States, the Fourteen Points was opposed for different reasons. An earlier answer is partly correct, Henry Cabbot Lodge did oppose the League of Nations in part because he had made a deal with Wilson not to use the War for political ammunition. When Wilson went to the conference he brought no Republicans with him, and when he ret