To what extent was the treaty of Versailles fair

They ways that the Treaty of Versailles were not fair are the reparations payments were ridiculously huge and there was no way they could pay them back. And of course Germany were not even asked to be part of the committee that decided the actions to be taken against them. Germany did not know that they were signing the Treaty; they thought that they were agreeing to Wilsons 14 points; which were of course completely different to the Treaty of Versailles. Also, Germany were the only major power that had to demilitarise their army, navy and air force. The “big” three also excluded Russia, as they had already signed a separate treaty with Germany which was basically forced upon them like the Treaty of Versailles on Germany.  

In Woodrow Wilsons 14 points, the idea of self-determination was big and he wanted Germany’s colonies to be run by themselves, however in the Treaty all the Allie powers got some of Germany’s colonies and none of them ended up ruling themselves, this just made them even more powerful.  

Article 231 of the Treaty made Germany accept all responsibility and blame for the war, which was completely unreasonable as it takes more than one country to start and finish a war.

Furthermore Germany were forced to sign the Treaty, if they didn’t the prospect of another war was put upon them. They were also not allowed to join the League of Nations which meant that they had no one to turn to if anything went wrong.

In conclusion I think that the Treaty of Versailles was not fair at all. This is because Germany had no say in what happened to them, also they did not realise what they were signing and it was done under duress from the allied countries.