Germans would also be very bitter because they had nothing good going for them. They had lost millions of pounds, lost lots of territory, didn’t have a army, and they were also not allowed in the Peace Conference so they were unsure what was happening and they could never put their opinion forward.
The only reason Germans would be pleased would be because the war had ended and their soldiers were not being pleased.
2.
The one sentence which shows their might be another war is ‘There will be vengeance for the shame of 1919’. This applies that Germany want revenge on the people that have destroyed their country.
3.
The Deutshe Zeitung was put on a front page of a newspaper so everyone sees what is happening about the Treaty. The German people would also get the impression that the people who signed the Treaty were to blame although they had no choice. If they didn’t sign the treaty another war would be started. The writer of this passage wanted German people to know that they would get revenge.
4.
Black mourning bands are worn to show grief and sorrow. The black indicates the overwhelming sorrow and grief. These would have been put around the newspaper to show that the signing of the Treaty was a bad thing and that you should be upset that it has happened. It is put around the newspaper also so the German people think that the people who signed the Treaty were in the wrong although they had no choice.
5.
I think splitting Germany into two was harsh because some people who had been previously living in Germany would suddenly be living in Poland. I think it was also harsh that the Germans had to accept complete blame for the war when it was obviously not all their fault. Overall I think the biggest mistake we made with the Germans was not letting them in the Peace Conference. This just made them not feel part of Europe and they would no that all countries would be against them. This would make them feel threatened and not safe. The Treaty of Versailles was not very successful because of WW2, which happened about 20 years later.
6.
So far I think that the Treaty was too tough on the Germans because they were suddenly made into a country with no money and no army and no say in what happens around them. I think the Germans did need to be punished but no so badly in such a short amount of time. The Allies simply tried to make Germany a really week country so that they could never start another war because they weren’t strong enough, The Allies should have made the Treaty less tough so that Germany weren’t so unhappy and so another war didn’t happen.
7.
The treaty has made me to change my mind about how harsh the treaty was on the Germans because reading the other opinion it sounds as thought the Germans were just as harsh on the Russians if it worse. Also source D says ‘by 1925 German steel production was twice that of Britain’. Source D also says that the German finance minister would have made Britain paid for the cost of the war. It also says that German was actually most to blame for starting the war. The Treaty of Versailles was still harsh on the Germans but they probably would have done the same if they won.
8.
My own statement would be:
The Treaty of Versailles was overall not fair on the Germans although some of it was fair and the Germans had to be punished although it still left the Germans feeling bitter, humiliated and wanting vengeance.
I think this would be the best statement because the Germans had to be punished in some way although the Treaty of Versailles was a bit harsh in some places. The Treaty was successful because it still left the Germans unhappy. This was not good because they wanted vengeance and this lead to 1939 when WW2 was started.
