The Treaty of Versailles only helped the countries against Germany. Everyone blamed it on Germany since they believed Germany started the whole war. To pay back for the whole thing, Germany had to give money to the government of each country that they were against. This made the people of Germany feel left out from the League of Nations.
Germany was already behind in their economy, to have to pay more was just going to draw them back by a greater distance. The economy wasn't going to be able to recover in time to catch up with everyone else. The German people were embarrassed by all of this and started to think they didnt have to suffer for something like this. The rules stated in the Treaty were "too harsh". But the other countries weren't going to let them off that easily, so they marched into Germany and killed many soldiers.
Germany had no choice but to give up the money. Leaving people devastated and in shock. Although many are unsure, I have to agree with those that state the Treaty of Versailles was the start of WW II and the holocaust. At the time that the Treaty of Versailles was taking action (1919), there was little boy named Adolf Hitler. I'm sure seeing how embarrassed his family and friends were hurt him a lot. Hitler's goal was to rebuilt Germany for nationalistic reasons. When his country was going down, he propbably was ready to risk anything to bring it back up.
No one would've guessed that a little boy, around the age of 10, was going to hurt millions of people. Especially not because his country was falling apart. Obviously everyone was wrong. Who would've known that this affected him so much?
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