The First World War and Why It Wasn't The War to End All Wars

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The First World War and Why It Wasn't The War to End All Wars

The allies, following great losses especially Britan and France, were

keen to prevent such a tragedy from re-occuring, they did this by not

preventing Germany from rearmaring, they also didn't stick to what

they planned to in the treaty of Versailes. Britan and France seemed

more concerned with the spread of communism then what Hitlar was

doing. Both Britan and France remembered the horrific experences of

the first world war. Hitlar believed that Germany would become a great

nation again under his rule.

People thought that the treaty of Versailles was unfair to Germany,

once a proud nation, now under the control of a foreign nation,

helpless to do anything to stop. Hitlar and his Nazi party promiced to

make Germany only for Germans, in a book written by Hitlar whilst he

was in prison he wrote, 'All the people of German blood must be

allowed to live in a greater Germany. Land taken from Germany must be

returned. We demand land and colonies to feed our people and to house

surplus population, Germans must keep themselfs pure'. Many Germans

wanted revenge and the allies didn't have the bottle to prevent

Germany from rearmering. Below, The Peace Treaty ending the war was

signed at Versailles on June 28, 1919, in the palace's Hall of

Mirrors. France's premier, Georges Clemenceau, stands to invite the

German delegates into the room. President Wilson is seated just to the

left, while Britain's David Lloyd George is two seats to the right;

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The treaty of versatiles included the following:

* The German army was cut to 100,000 men. Only volenteers could join

the army

* The navy could only have six battleships

* Germany was not allowed to build any submarines, planes and tanks

* Germany was not allowed to keep any troops in the Rhineland, allied

troops were to be stationed there for fifteen years

Concequences:

* German soldiers and sailors bitterly resented this.

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