Critical Thinking 19-3!

Why didn't the Treaty of Versailles lay the foundations for lasting peace?

When the war was finally reaching its final end, the leaders of the nations, including the defeated ones met in Versailles to sign a treaty. This Treaty established nine new nations that included Poland, Czechoslovakia, and later Yugoslavia. It also lead to shift in the boundaries of other countries. It created separate territories and land was distributed to other nations. Also Germany was banned from having a maintained army, made them return land to France and they were also expected to pay for damages in the war take would amount to somewhere around 33 billion dollars for the Allies. This treaty was not going to lay down a foundation for lasting peace. First, the obvious treatment of Germany as the wrong doing party would create tension between it and other countries in Europe. The treaty pretty much forced Germany to take full responsibility for the war even though it was not they only driving force in the war. Also there was the statement in the treaty of where land should be given or who should own it, this to would lead to much tension because countries were losing land and territories. Also this treaty was ignoring others such as the claims of colonized people fro the same rights as the people in the western nations.