Why Ws The Traty Of Versailles Hated In Germany?
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Why was the Treaty of Versailles hated in Germany?
With over 1 million innocent soldiers dead, a massive debt of over £6600 million and the shame of losing the war- Germany 1918 was not a happy place. It had been ruled by a cruel and unpredictable dictator Kaiser Wilhelm and been plunged into a long and deadly war. However when the Allies assembled in 1919 Germanys problems were going to get a lot worse after they drafted 14 points- known as the Treaty of Versailles.
To understand the Treaty of Versailles- we need to understand the events prior to it being written. War had been declared in 1914 and after years of “stalemate”-a term that means when a war is not being won by either side the German people began celebrating when the war was finally going their way. They German soldiers started to make breakthroughs along the Western Front with the Ludendorff...