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The Treaty of Versailles had several negative impacts on Germany. One negative impact was Germany had to pay reparations to the Allies. The $33 billion in reparations crippled the German economy leading Germany into a severe economic depression in the 1920s. Another negative impact is that Germany had to accept responsibility for World War I. Germany resented this idea because it was Austria-Hungary that declared war on Serbia, which led to the start of World War I. However, the Allies believed Germany could have prevented the start of World War I by refusing to support Austria-Hungary if Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.