Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The Treaty of Versailles (ended WWI)

The treaty of Versailles (1919) was the peace treaty which ended the World War I between the Allied and Central Powers and the GermanEmpire. The treaty led, either directly or indirectly to a serious situation in Germany where the people felt let down, this made them wanting to blame on others. It led to economic problems and a lack of food or jobs. The treaty of Versailles also formed the League of Nations, a group of over 40 countries that hoped to settle problems through negotiation, not war. Those countries that joined the League of Nations promised to take cooperative economic and military action against any aggressor state. The Land of Germany was taken, some were used to help create the new country of Poland. Germany's army and navy were limited, they had to remove their troopsfrom the Rhineland, and industrial area along the French border. Historian say that it led to Facism because is the rule of a people by dictatorial governments that is nationalistic and imperialistic. Facists governments are also anticommunist. Facism emerged in both Italy and Germany after WWI that was Adolf Hitler idea.

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