Was the Treaty of Versailles peacekeeping in nature.docx

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WastheTreatyofVersaillespeacekeepinginnature

S3HistoryAssignment

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WastheTreatyofVersaillespeace-keepinginnature?

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S3EAssignment

Wedon'tthinktheTreatyofVersaillesispeace-keepinginnaturesincethetreatyistooharshforGermanyandthisisaaninsultforher,sothistreatymayarousethedesirefortakingrevengeonthosecountriessuchasFrance,Britain.Inordertodothis,Germanymayrestoreherpowerandstartanotherwaragainstthem.Thereforethistreatymayleadtoanewworldconflict.

groupmember:

3,6,8,9,10,17,22,36,39,40,42

CommenttoCheungChiFungandGroupmembers

Yourdiscussionistoobrief!

Ithinkyoushouldshowthetermsonebyone,toseeifthetermsarepeace-keepinginnature.

Grade:

E

Mr.Fung（Fok）,

IamIpHonYingfromForm3A.Iamnowrepresentingmygrouptowritethisletter（dothisassignment）toyouastoreporttheassignmentaboutwhethertheTreatyofVersailleswaspeace-keepinginnature.

As（In）myopinion,wecouldfindthatthistreatycannotkeepworldpeaceforlonginmanyareas.Forexample,thevictoriousstatestriedtoforceGermanytoacceptthewar-guiltclauseandreduceitsarmyto10,000men.ItwasobviousthatthesecouldweakentheforceofGermanybutalsoincreaseditsenmityagainsttheAlliesand,itwaspossiblethatthesehadspeededupthecausing（outbreak）oftheWorldWarII.

Ontheotherhand,Germanywasforcedtopayahugeindemnity,giveupallhercoloniesandsomeofherlandandreturnAlsace-LorrainetoFranceatthesametime.Asweknow,theTheAlliesweretryingtorecoverfromthewarandtakerevengebygettingthoseindemnityandcolonies,howeveritmadetheproblemworse.ThiscouldnotfixtheireconomicproblemsbutcrippleGermaneconomy.ItsresultwasthatGermanyhadlostallitsimportanteconomicplacesandwasunabletopaytheindemnity.Allcountrieswerefacingseriousproblemandtheireconomyhadbeencompletelybrokendown.

Asaresult,theTreatyofVersailleswasunabletokeeppeaceamongthecountriesnorfixingtheireconomicproblem,butdeepenthehatredbetweenthecountriesandhelpsettingofftheWorldWarII.

IpHonYing（3A）

CommenttoIpHonYingandGroupMembers

Thisassignmentisquitegood.However,youshouldalsomentiontheWarGuiltClause,whichcausedthegreatesthumiliationtoGermany,thatmadeherdeterminedtotakerevenge.

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B+

IstheTreatyofVersillesapeace-keepingtreaty?

No,wedon’tthinkso.ThetreatyofVersaillesasked（required）Germanytopayahugeindemnity,asGermanydidnothaveanymore（enough）moneyfortrading,thisaffectedothercountriesandledtotheweakofweakenedtheeconomyoftheworld.AftertheFranco-PrussianWar,Alsace-LorrainewasruledunderfromFrancecededtoGermany.AsnowGermanywasaskedtoreturnittoFranceandacceptthewar-guiltclause,itisabighumiliationandthisleadledGermanytohavethedesireinoftakingrevengeoftheGerman.WeagreedthatGermanhadmadeawrongchoicedecisionofthattostartingthewar,butitisnon-moralitynotrightofthemtoaskGermanytotakethewholebearalltheresponsibilityofthewar.Germanmustnotlikethisandtheywoulddosomethingtoaskforfair.Thismayleadtoanotherwar.Sohowcanthistreatybeapeace-keepingtreaty?

ItisnotwiseofBritain,USAandFrancetomakethistreaty.

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2,11,16,19,23,24,27,34,35,

37,38

CommenttoKwokSzeNgaandGroupmembers

Thisassignmentisprettygood.However,youmaydivideyouranswerintoanumberofparagraphs.Iwouldsuggestyoushouldincludeaonepointinoneparagraph.

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C

WastheTreatyofVersaillespeace-keepinginnature?

In1914,theFirstWorldWarbroken（broke）outbetweentheCentralPowersandtheAllies.In1917,oneoftheCentralPowers,Germany,adoptedUnrestrictedSubmarineWarfare.SheattackedtheshipoftheU.S.trading（sailing）toBritain.ThismadetheU.S.veryangry.WiththehelpoftheU.S.,theAlliesdefeatedthebigbrotheroftheCentralPower,Germany.In1919,theCentralPowersandtheAlliesheldameetinginParisaftertheFirstWorldWar,whichwascalled‘TheParisPeaceConference’,whichThiswasusedtosolvetheproblemsbroughtbythewar.InordertokeeppeaceamongEurope;theEuropeancountries,theAlliesforcedGermanytosignapeacetreatycalled‘TheTreatyofVersailles’in28June1919.ButwastheTreatyofVersaillespeacekeepinginnature?

Afterourdiscussion,webelievedthatitwasn’t.

Firstly,bythistreaty,Germanyhadtoreduceitsarmyto100,000men.Althoughthenumberofsoldiershadbeenreduced,thisdidn’tmeanthatthestrengthoftheGermanarmyhadalsobeenreduced.ItwasbecausethetrainingofGermanywasgoodatthattime.Moreover,thisitemwasunfairtoGermany,sosheattemptedtotakerevenge.

Secondly,Germanyhadtopayahugeindemnity.Justincase,Germanywantedtopaythehugeindemnityquickly,soshestartedtoprintthebanknote.TherisingnumberofbanknoteledtothedevaluationofthecurrencyandtheinflationinGermany.Germansshouldspendmuchmoneytobuythingsthanbefore.Theylivedinaharsherlife,sotheyattemptedtofightback.（Goodpoint!

）

Thirdly,Germanyhadtogiveupallhercoloniesandsomeofherland.ThiswasasenseofhumiliationofGermany.Also,itensuredGermanytotakerevengeagainsttheAllies,inordertogetbackherland.

Anotheritemwasthat,Germanyhadtoacceptthewar-guiltclause.Webelievedthatthiswastheharshestterminthetreaty.ItwasbecausemanycountriesinvolvedintheFirstWorldWar,notjustGermany.AlthoughGermanyledtotheoutbreakoftheFirstWorldWar,sheshouldn’taffordallthefaults.Thesigningofthewar-guilt

clauseinsultedGermany.Shedecidedtotakerevenge.

Finally,GermanyhadtoreturnAlsace-LorrainetoFrance.Originally,Alsace-LorrainewastheterritoryofFrancetill1870s.Butaccordingtothepeacetreaty,GermanyshouldgavebackAlsace-LorrainetoFrance,whichwasanimportantindustrialregionofGermany.ThisworsenedtheeconomyofGermany.Germanssufferedalotfromthis.PanGermanismroseupinGermany.

Inconclusion,wethinkthattheTreatyofVersaillescouldn’tkeeppeaceinEurope.TheTreatyofVersaillesonlydeepenedthehatebetweenGermanyandothercountries.Sheneverforgottheinsultandattemptedtotakerevenge.Moreover,manyGermansthoughtthatthetreatywasunfair,theytriedtoendthetreaty.AndthisledtotheoutbreakoftheSecondWorldWarin1939

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It’saverygoodpieceofassignment.There’snoseriousmistake.

Well-done!

However,pleaseuseMICROSOFTWORDtodoyouassignmentnexttime!

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A

“TheTreatyofVersailleswaspeacekeepinginnature”discuss

AftertheFirstWorldWar,thestatesthatjoinedthewarwantedtosolvetheproblemsbroughtbythewar.TheAlliessignedseparatetreatieswithGermany,Austria,Hungary,Bulgaria,andTurkey.

ThepeacetreatywithGermanywascalledtheTreatyofVersailles,itwassignedonJune28,1919.Accordingtothistreaty,Germanyhadto:

-Reduceitsarmyto100,000men

-Payahugeindemnity

-Giveupallhercoloniesandsomeofherland

-TurnedAlsace-LorrainetoFrance

-Acceptthewar-guiltclause

Discussion

-Thetreatywasunfair

i.）AftersigningtheTreatyofVersailles,theGermanfeltangryaboutthewar-guiltclause.TheywanttotakerevengeontheAllies,theywantedtogetbacktheircolonies.

ii.）SomeoftheGermenfeltveryangry,theyneverforgottheinsultofdefeatedofFirstWorldWar.Theydevelopedsomebeliefs,thesebeliefsspreadinEuropewidely.ThisbeliefiscalledTotalitarianism.

iii.）ThisbeliefspreadinsomecountriesandsomepeopleformedfourParties,whichtookouttheSecondWorldWar.Thetotalitarianregardedwarasameanstosolvetheirexistingproblems.AstheriseofthesetotalitarianleaderswasbecauseofthetermsoftheTreatyofVersailles,Ibelievedthatitwasnotpeace-keepinginnature.

-UpsetthebalanceofpowerinEurope

i.）BecauseoftheFirstWorldWar,someoftheoldEmpirecollapse.TheywereCzardom,Kaiser,HabsburgDynastyandtheOttomanEmpire.BecauseofthecollapseoftheEmpires,thisupsetthebalanceofpowerinEurope.（Doyouknowwhythecollapseofthefouroldempiresledtotheupsetofthebalanceofpower?

Also,howdidtheupsetofthebalanceofpoweraffectthepeaceinEurope?

）

-TheEconomicProblem

i.）BecauseofthehugeindemnitypaidbyGermany,theeconomicofGermanysufferedalotofeconomicproblems.AlthoughGermanypaidahugeindemnity,theEuropeanpowersdidn’tsolvetheeconomicproblemintheirowncountry,becauseGermany’seconomicthewell-beingoftheGermaneconomywouldaffectthewholeeconomicsysteminEurope.（Whydoyoubelievethewell-beingoftheGermaneconomywouldaffecttheworldeconomy?

）

ii.）BecauseoftheeconomicproblemsfacedbytheEuropeanpowers,theytaketooksomeeconomicreformintheirowncountries.Somecountriesdecorateddeclaredonwartheothercountriestogetsomemoney,mineralresources,territoriestoimprovetheirowneconomics.（Someexamplesareneeded.）

Conclusion:

Afterthediscussion,wethinkthattheTreatyofVersaillesdidn’tkeeppeaceinnature.

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1.（havedidnotdoanythinghewasplayingbasketball）,2,3,10,23,24,32,34,37,38,39,

Dearstudents,

Thisassignmentisprettygood,thatyouareabletoshowthebadconsequenceoftheTreatyofVersailles.However,inyourintroduction,youshouldshowyourunderstandingintheconceptofpeace-keeping.

Also,doyouthinkwhetherIshouldtortureno.

（1）?

IthinkI