While the treaty of Versailles aimed at peace, and probably achieved that for a certain amount of time, it also set Europe up for number of later problems. Germany had far less fortifications and physical potential to do harm, but the "treaties" seemed very unfair to Germany, creating political tension even in times of "peace." Even reducing the supplies and size of Germany is not a guarantee to make it less dangerous, as Germany proved before the start of The Great War that a country can amass arms very quickly.
The political tension created in the Balkans was possibly as great as that created with Germany. Forcing separate ethnicities to work together under one nation was just asking for conflict. Early clashes between different cultures would start out small, on the person-to person scale, but as the country itself gets involved, this forces the leadershi to side with either one culture or the other, leading to conflict between people and government and even between separate nations as each begins to form their own identities and biases. New countries are typically unstable, and creating so many at once was just asking ofr consequences.
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I agree, especially about what you had to say about Germany. Evidently it caused tensions and was not entirely effective since not two decades later yet another war had started with Germany in the thick of it. It seems that the treaty only set up the next World War.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what Nicole said about the Treaty only set up the next World War because after being beaten down by the Treaty the only thing left for Germany to do was to strike back against the ones who defeated Germany and by the doing this it created massive tension in Europe.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both Nick and Nicole. Germany must have had some bad feelings towards other countries. They were blamed for the entire WWI, and it was not all their fault. It was somewhat unfair to blame it on on them in the first place. Because of this, the feelings bubbled up, and eventually, WWII broke out because of them.
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