Besides, the terms of the Treaty of Versailles were monstrously unfavorable to Germany, to the point of forcing the country into almost instantaneous bankruptcy. It was stated in the Treaty of Versailles that Germany should accept full responsibility for the war and the devastation and the destruction that it caused amongst all countries. Germany was forced to pay huge reparations of 6600 billion to the Allies and was threatened with war if they did not cooperate. Germany had no choice as to sign the armistice as they were in no form to wage another war. The reparations crippled Germany’s economy and their national income was one third of what it had been after the war. Such a gigantic amount left her with no means whatsoever of staging a post-war economic recovery, and was notably many times the value of the damaged she had caused. Hence Germany believed that the reparations were intentionally meant to cripple her and keep her weak.
Germany found that printing paper money as an easier solution to meet the outrageous reparation demands. This eventually leads to hyperinflation of German currency and to the near collapse of the German post-war economy. In just a few years, a German Deutschmark was worth a billionth of what it was. What could have bought a house a few years ago, could not even buy a loaf of bread a few year later. The depression of the Treaty, combined with that of when the World Market had crashed, caused the country to be vulnerable.
Besides, Germany was forced into disarmament. Only six battleships was allowed and its armed forces were restricted to build or buy any armed vehicles, submarines, or military aircraft. They also had to de-militarise the Rhineland which was a part of Germany. Another condition of the treaty was that Germany had to reduce their army to only 100,000 troops as it was feared by other countries especially France that Germany may attack. The absolute burden placed on Germany created anger and resentment among the once proud people which eventually led to a search for national pride and intensified Germany's motivation for future revenge.
The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany as if she was the sole antagonist of the war. The treaty demanded very harsh reparations from Germany: billions of marks; half her industry; half her territories; and her political subjugation. Germany was unable to pay off her reparations for over a hundred years. These were absurd and unfair demands from the Treaty of Versailles. Besides Germany has lost more than 2 million men in the war, and was coincidentally suffering from poverty and hyperinflation, as her economy had been severely crippled, if not destroyed, by the war. Forced to give up all her colonies, disarmament and extreme reparations had only increased the impact on Germany and her citizens. To a certain extent all these were not very fair to Germany. Therefore, it should be correct to conclude that the Treaty of Versailles was not fair in any way to Germany.
