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Was the Treaty of Versailles Fair?

Was the Treaty of Versailles Fair?

Update: 2025-04-30
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Covers the subquestions:

  1. how different were motives and aims of the Big Three (Clemenceau, Lloyd George, Wilson) at Versailles?
  2. What were the key terms of the Versailles Treaty in terms of territory (Saar, Colonies, Rhineland, Alsace-Lorraine, Polish Corridor), reparations, armaments, war guilt and the League of Nations?
  3. Based on this, how far did each of the Big Three get what they wanted, and why?
  4. How and why did the Germans argue that the treaty was unfair?
  5. How, nevertheless, could the key terms of the Treaty be justified at the time?
  6. What was the Social, economic and political impact of the Treaty in Germany to the end of 1923?
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Was the Treaty of Versailles Fair?

Was the Treaty of Versailles Fair?

Russel Tarr (ActiveHistory.co.uk)