Do you think this MP would have approved of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles? Explain your answer, referring to the Treaty and this Source.

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Sarah Huckle 10 ∑                                            Monday, 07 October 2002

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Pages 41 – 43  Assessment Exercise

1. Study Source A.  

Do you think this MP would have approved of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?  Explain your answer, referring to the Treaty and this Source.

I think that the British MP who made the remark in Source A, would have agreed with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, because it was very harsh on Germany, and I think that this MP has mixed feelings about Germany.  I think that he hates Germany for what they had done to Belgium, France and Britain, but on the other hand, I think he does not place the blame on the whole of Germany.  There is Hitler and the German government who ordered the attacks upon the Allies, but there are the innocent Germans, such as the children who had no idea what was really going on around them.

2. Study sources B & C.  

  1. How far do these two sources differ in their views on how to treat Germany?

Source B explains that what restrictions you place on Germany, if she feels that she has been mistreated, she will find ways of taking revenge.  You can take away their army, but they will assemble another one.  You can take away their air force, but they will build more.  This source also explains to other countries that Germany could strike back at any time if she feels she has been unjustly treated, therefore other countries that feel the same way could also find ways of taking revenge.

Source C explains that the task all the representatives set themselves of organising reparations where damage and injury have been inflicted. Also establishing guarantees and securities against the reparations of those crimes and horrors, from which the world is just emerging, are a warning to nations against the perils on which the German Empire shattered itself.  

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  1. Both sources give the views of Lloyd George.  Why do you think there are differences between the two sources?

I think there are differences between the two sources are, that source B was written during the peace conference, when everyone was feeling hatred towards Germany, and they had the opportunity to do something about it.  In source C, Lloyd George was giving this speech after the peace conference, when something had been done to Germany that had had an effect on her.  Also, in source B (during the peace conference), Lloyd George was worrying about what restrictions ...

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