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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rohak1212
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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. And instead of being able to spend all kinds of money on infrastructure or other economic stimulating projects the Germans had to give huge amounts of money to France and England. This made it very easy to resent and blame them for Germany's troubles. This environment was perfect for a man like Adolf Hitler to rise to power, leading to World War Two. That's why it's considered a cause of WW2. It's not a direct cause, but an indirect one.