Treaty of Versailles Triumph or Tragedy

This specifically suggests that the treaty of Versailles and the war guilt clause imposed numerous burdens on Germany and deprived it from ever being able to rise to power. This subsequently led to the development of numerous political parties that promoted national socialism such as the Nazis which ideology of racial hierarchy and Social Darwinism. These parties stood against accepting these unfair policies that just benefited the past Allied powers and were in fact imposed without Germany's consent, as this treaty was signed by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, French Premier George Clemenceau and US President Woodrow Wilson in the Hall of mirrors (which in fact was the same place where Germany had previously proclaimed its empire). All of the mixed feelings that arose from these actions became reasons that directly supported the development of the Nazi party conducted by Adolf Hitler which fed upon this hatred and proclaimed Germans as a supremacist race.

Which is why upon Hitler's appointment as Germany's Chancellor in 1933 he began to secretly build Germany's army and weapons. And by 1934 he had increased the overall size of his army by building warships and creating other military branches, such as the German Air Force. Although, it all initiated following the creation of the German Workers' Party in 1919 (which promoted German pride and anti-semitism) it was the dissatisfaction over the Treaty of Versailles and Hitler's rise in power (primarily due to his speeches that were directed primarily the young and economically disadvantaged Germans) that paved way to the development of the Nazi Party. Furthermore, upon Hitler's appointment as Chancellor hi autobiography Mein Kampf (which was written during his five years in prison due to the attempt to overthrow Germany's government in 192) this book became a form of bible for the Nazi Party. Primarily, due to Hitler's overall charismatic attitude which was able to convince individuals to join the cause. As he claimed that Germany needed Lebensraum or living space as he urged germans to join his struggle to reach independence and gain all of the territories that were taken from them. He also appealed to the public by his Four Year Plan which would call for slum clearance, the construction of roads that prevented Germany from communicating and continuing its overall trading relationship with other nations.

Furthermore, Adolf Hitler decided to break part of one of the agreements from the Treaty of Versailles as he decided to invade the demilitarized zone of Rhineland in 1936 which Germany was prohibited to introduce any troops into but due to the fact that this was a critical area for the French (as it represented a type of barrier that would protect the French if Germany would become engaged in war again) they did not try to stop Hitler as 30,000 Nazi soldiers invaded this area. Following this event Hitler developed two major alliances between Fascist germany and Italy and between germany and the Japanese empire that would in fact change the course of the situation between Germany and the other nations and would shape the course of WWII as they offered their full support to Germany in times of war. Which directly explains why Hitler began to take almost full control over Europe and forcefully invaded Czechoslovakia in 1939 which subsequently led to a conflict between Germany, Britain and France as these began to fear that Hitler would attempt to invade Poland and due to these threatened that if he did they would go to war and as Hitler refused to bring his idea of expansion and revenge to a close and invaded Poland on September 1st, 1939 this event was considered as the last straw as it marked the beginning to horrendous events such as the inhalation of Jews (in the Holocaust) and WWII.

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