Which part of the Treaty of Versailles caused more anger in Germany?

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Which part of the Treaty of Versailles caused more anger in Germany?

Germany was anger by the treaty of Versailles as they though it had been unfairly applied. For example: disarmament: none of the other powers were willing to do this and so Germany thought that it would be unfair if they did especially if they were to deal with the communist revolution.

Germany was forced into accepting it was responsible for the First World War. This was called the war guilt clause. This angered Germany as it to believed it was dragged in by other countries and so should not accept full responsibility for the war. Once Germany had been forced to accept responsibility for the war it was made to repay the other countries for the damage. This was called the Reparations. Germany also had to hand over a lot of its territory to the league as punishment and repayments to other countries it had taken from previously. Germany lost about 10% of its land. They believed this was unfair, as in the 14 points that the countries were supposed to be following one of the points states that all countries all people have a right to self-determination. This means people should get to choose who rules over them. Germany said this was not happening, as the people in the Territory seized from Germany were not allowed self-determination because the area they lived in had been given away and was to be ruled over by other countries.

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Germany would be more angered by the war guilt clause and reparations than the loss of territory in Europe. This is because they are being forced to accept responsibility for a war they don’t think they started. Without having accepted the responsibility for the war Germany would not have been forced to accept all the payments from the war. If Germany had not accepted responsibility for the war their territory may have been kept. Therefore the most important part of the treaty of Versailles and the part that angered Germany the most was the ‘war guilt clause’.  This is because ...

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