Was the Treaty of Versailles fair?
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The Treaty of Versailles was drawn up by the Allies (Britain, France and the U.S) and in the end was designed to humiliate and weaken Germany, it made demands far exceeding Germanys resources and in some cases even directly stole the rights to Germanys resources. However it undoubtedly delayed the start of World War 2 even though it may have partially been the cause. In this essay I shall demonstrate the main arguments for both sides of the argument and show whether or not it is fair.The Germans would definitely say that the treaty was unfair, and they have many facts to back up their cause. They would say that all the terms of the Treaty were designed to weaken and humiliate them. If we start with the “War Guilt Clause”, we can immediately see that the Allies completely blamed Germany for the War, this was unfair as as much responsibility should have been placed on Germanys Allies and even Britain and France were partly responsible.The German citizens (and especially the children who
