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Rise of Hitler
The Treaty of Versailles as a Pretext to the Rise of Hitler
World War I was officially ended by the Treaty of Versailles after the Allies (led by Britain, France and the U.S.) defeated the Central Powers (led by Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire). The purpose of the Treaty was to decide the fate and future of Germany and the Central Powers and to construct a Europe that was able to move forward in pursuit of collective harmony, friendship and equality[footnoteRef:1]. [1: Catherine, Lu, "Justice and moral regeneration, the international studies review "(Vol 4, No.3 (Autumn, 2002)),pp.4 . Published by Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the international studies association, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3186461"That is not only a just settlement of the great war, but it provides the basic upon which the peoples of Europe can live together in friendship and equality." ]
The treaty, however, failed to accomplish its initial ideas and did not bring about long-term peace or stability. Many of the aspects of the Treaty proved to humiliating to the national pride of the Central Powers and also greatly inhibited the ability of these...
As a result, a growing number of historians have concluded that the Treaty of Versailles acted as a catalyst to the Hitler's rise between 1919 and 1923.
One example of this is Catherine Lu, an associate professor at McGill University in Quebec. Lu seeks to clarify and explore a balanced, objective account of the international political responses to World War I[footnoteRef:2]. Lu examines the objective that was most coveted by the Allies in the Treaty of Versailles: The acceptance the war guilt clause by the Central Powers. Lu and others cite this reason as evidence that the Treaty was not as much a peace making/keeping treaty but more a humiliating punishment[footnoteRef:3]. [2: Lu state that she wanted to" explore the conception of justice and reconciliation that shape of international political responses to World War I" ] [3: Ibid, 5 "George Kennan, for example, he called the Versailles Treaty a " very silly humiliating and punitive peace imposed on Germany After World War I"]
The treaty also imposed reparations onto Germany to pay for the loss of life and material by…
Works Cited
Catherine, Lu, "Justice and moral regeneration, the international studies review "(Vol 4,
No.3 (Autumn, 2002)),pp.4 . Published by Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the international studies association, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3186461
American society of international law, " Treaty of peace with Germany" (Vol 13, No.3,
Official documents (July., 1919)), pp. 152. Published by American society of international law http://www.jstor.org/stable/2213120
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/ASLevel_History/financialimpactofversailles.htm
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