The Treaty of Versailles a Major Turning Point in History

The Treaty of Versailles sign stop WWI, the day that it happened was June 28, 1919. The Treaty of Versailles was signed at Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, France. It was effective January 10, 1920. The signatories were at Central Powers. Also, the Treaty of Versailles stopped the state of war between the Allied Powers and Germany. The Allied Powers included the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and Russia. All of the Allied Powers nations signed the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles, French: Trait?© de Versailles, was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. Although the Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers; separate treaties were signed by the other Central Powers on the German side of World War I.

There were nine countries in WWI. There were 750,000 Britain soldiers that were killed and there were 1,400,000 France soldier that were killed. The treaty was drafted by the Allied Powers, which consisted of Great Britain, France, and the United States. This treaty blamed the war on Germany, and it required them to pay an amount of 33 billion dollars in reparations, dismantle their air force, and greatly reduce their other military operations German Delegation, 291.

The German army was reduced to 100,000 men, and they were not allowed to have access to any tanks for their military. On 28 June 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed with Germany. Germany had to pay 6,600 million for damage done. Germany lost land. The Saar coalfield was given to France for 15 years, and Alsace-Lorraine gave back to France. Also US President Woodrow Wilson. They were only given permission in the treaty to only be granted access to 6 capital ships to help defend their coastline, but they were not given any access to submarines which would help them attack or become undetected. They were also to agree that the area west of the Rhineland and the area east of the River Rhine was to be made into a demilitarized zone or DMZ. A DMZ is an area of which no German soldiers or German aiding weapons are to be allowed.

It was a major turning point in history because not only did it mark the end of the World War. It was also a fresh start for many countries since now they would no longer be in the war. But many people believed that the treaty was unsuccessful since not only did it not stop ww2 from happening, it also caused even more dispute between the Germans and the rest of the world since they thought the treaty was very harsh. It made the allies unhappy because they believed that Germany deserved hard punishments then what they got. As a result, Germany lost all their overseas colonies and also Germany had to take full responsibility for all the damage caused in the world war, paying for it and repairing the damages that it left.

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