Title: Treaty of Versailles - History Crunch - History Articles, Summaries, Biographies, Resources and More
Headings: TREATY OF VERSAILLES
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
WORLD WAR I
MAJOR NATIONS OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
TERMS OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
IMPACTS OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES

Content: Germany was forbidden from joining the newly created League of Nations which sought to create peace in the world and to avoid another similar global war. Treaty of Versailles
IMPACTS OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
​The Treaty of Versailles created a legacy for Germany and Europe in the years after World War I. The treaty in now viewed by many as to severe of a punishment towards Germany in the years after World War I and is often viewed as a cause of World War II and the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and fascism in Germany. More specifically, the Treaty of Versailles left a legacy that had economic and political implications. Economically, the German economy struggled to cope with the high reparations, loss of land (Saar Coal Fields), and the ongoing Great Depression of the 1930’s. As stated above, Germany was forced to pay reparations as a term of the Treaty of Versailles. Simply put, reparations are a form of war debt, that Germany was made to pay to the Allied nations. This was because Germany was blamed for starting the war, and as such was made to pay for the damages to the Allied nations. In actuality, France received most of the reparation payments, since most of the fighting of World War I occurred in the area of northern France. As Germany struggled to pay for its reparations, it printed off more of the German Mark which devalued the currency and led to hyperinflation. Hyperinflation is when a currency (money) loses its value very quickly.