Truth And Consequences: Taking Advantage Of The Loser Of WWI

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and costs incurred. Instead
of choosing to aim for long lasting peace by basing their treaty on the
Fourteen Points, Clemenceau, George, and Orlando drew up a treaty that
would cause Germany to go into a nation-wide depression and suffer for a
whole generation. This treaty became known as the Treaty of Versailles.
In looking at the treaty, one would think that the writers were
completely biased against Germany... and they would be right. Because
France, Great Britain, and Italy were the three main countries involved in
the creation of the Traety of Versailles, they used every minute detail of
the treaty to work to their advantage. The only positive detail of the
treaty was the League of Nations. The League was planned to reduce the
chances of another war. This Covenant of the League of Nations was made the
first part of the Treaty of Versailles. Further on in the treaty Germany
was forbidden to create any new or maintain any old fortifications on the
left and right banks ...

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