The Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles is the peace treaty that ended World War 1, it was harsh

and it punished Germany and its allies. In my opinion, Germany deserved the

punishments that were in the Treaty of Versailles. Germany was the country

that attacked first, and Germany was the one that lost the war and requested an

armistice, so they deserve to pay if they did surrender.

The United Stated did not like the Treaty of Versailles and at the end they signed

a separate peace treaty with Germany. President Wilson and the United States

only wanted a permanent peace in the world, so they can make more money in

trade. The United States saw the Treaty of Versailles as unfair peace treaty for

Germany that meant to only cripple and punish them. For conclusion, the United

States wanted to end the war, they did not like the Treaty of Versailles because

they thought it was too harsh, so they did not sign it.

The French people were the ones that got hurt from Germany over decades, and

mostly in World War 1. They wanted to revenge and punish Germany, to cripple

them, to cause them damage so they could never pose a military threat. France

at the end did sign on the Treaty of Versailles, though they thought that the treaty

was too soft. For conclusion, the French had one goal, to revenge Germany, they

signed the peace treaty, but in their opinion it was not enough punishing.

Germany did not know what was expecting for them in the Treaty of Versailles.

The Germans only wanted to end World War 1, and to sign Wilson`s 14 point

plan. But after the armistice, they did not get the chance to sign the 14 point plan,

and they have lost most of their military power, so they had to sign the Treaty of

Versailles. Germany felt that the treaty was a disaster, unfair, humiliating, and

punitive. For conclusion, Germany got tricked and was forced to sign the Treaty

of Versailles. That treaty had contributing factor to the events that led to the rise

of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.