Title: what did the treaty of versailles do to germany? | Yahoo Answers
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what did the treaty of versailles do to germany?
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Content: Overall Germany lost about 10% of its industries. American loans, however, were helpful in paying the reparations and economy had every chance to recover (which it did). The wish to cancel the treaty's terms became dominant in German politicls until the end of the Weimar republic, with Gustav Stresemann attempting to do so by negotiations and Germany eventually going to WW2, and although the treaty was just one of the causes, it did play an important role. ...Show more
Anonymous
5 years ago
The tradition of reparations, which I presume is the subject of your question, goes back further than the First World War (crucial to the tradition is that the loser pays them – not the winner, which is why France, Serbia and Britain did not pay reparations). The loss of territory is also a traditional characteristic of treaties that conclude wars. Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman empires had separate treaties, Versailles was specifically about Germany. Russia had already made a separate peace with Germany when the Revolution swept through the country overturning any ability to wage war. Britain and France required that Germany paid reparations, the reason that they were so steep (apart from the basic need to compensate those that lost limbs and loved ones) was that Germany had place exorbitant costs on the French at the conclusion of the Franco-Prussian War. ...Show more
Anonymous
1 decade ago
1- the Germans had to take the blame of having started the whole war
2- the had to pay a LOT of money in reparations, but the figure was lowered after a while. If they had to pay the initial amount of money decided upon, Germany would still owe money.