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Was The Treaty Of Versailles Justified?
- Essay length: 2706 words
- Submitted: 15/12/2002
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Natalya Luck
Teacher essay summary
The author has a hugely impressive range of accurate knowledge and expresses his ideas well. There is perhaps too much background information and one side of the argument is more well developed than the other, but all important points are addressed with excellent use of evidence and confident analysis. 5 out of 5 stars.
Marked by teacher Natalya Luck 01/12/2012
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Was The Treaty Of Versailles Justified?
The Treaty Of Versailles was an agreement between 32 nations deciding the fate of Germany. It was needed badly as war torn Europe was in turmoil. France had been devastated by the effects of war and sought to cripple Germany. The British Prime Minister, Lloyd George, realised the severe implications that this could have and so wanted a more lenient peace treaty. The American public had little interest in Post War Europe but their President, Woodrow Wilson, wanted a Germany that would make a good neighbour in Europe, hence his fourteen points.
To reach a compromise a meeting was needed at the small palace of Versailles, not far from the French capital, Paris. Here the leaders of 'The Big Four', Orlando, Clemenceau, Wilson and George, representing Italy, France, Britain and America respectively, tried to find a lasting peace for Europe. This meeting was intended to bring stability ad peace into a crippled Europe.
The date set was June 28th, 1919 and the members of 32 nations met up, in a council of 10, to agree on terms of peace for Germany, however none of the defeated nations were present
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MbT essay summary
The author has a hugely impressive range of accurate knowledge and expresses his ideas well. There is perhaps too much background information and one side of the argument is more well developed than the other, but all important points are addressed with excellent use of evidence and confident analysis. 5 out of 5 stars.
