Title: Was the Treaty of Versailles too harsh on Germany? | Yahoo Answers
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Was the Treaty of Versailles too harsh on Germany?
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Content: Germany was required to give some lands in the east that were not theirs to begin. They were required to pay small war reparations, far less than what they had stolen in the occupied countries. They were required to disarm but at the same time the treaty guaranted their sovereignty and territorial integrity. Germany after wwI did not need an army to defend itself because no country had any claims against Germany. It was Hitler who made territorial demands against other countries. ...Show more
rohak1212
Lv 7
1 decade ago
It's not so much a matter of it being too harsh, but it was very burdensome on the German economy. Germany was just a devastated by the war as anyone else, but they were very hard pressed to rebuild with the massive reparation payments they were required to make. This exacerbated the economic problems right when the German economy needed a boost. As a result of this, and the German governments inept measures to fix it, the economy went into free fall. Rampant inflation and currency devaluation led to large scale economic suffering.