Was Germany Unfair Or Unjust?

Harsh Terms of Germany by Paris Peace Talks and

The Unfairness of the Treaty of Versailles

The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 was majorly unfair and unjust. From having 32 nations attending, only to have the 'Big Three' (France, Britain and the United States) dominate the conference, to not allowing Germany nor defeated nations to attend, the conference was focused on punishment justice with failure of negotiators during the make of the treaty. The harsh terms that were placed on Germany by the Paris peace talks were both unjust and unfair. Focusing mainly on the points of Germany's territory and military losses, Wilson's Fourteen Points, the war guilt clause and reparations, it can be seen how the severity of these circumstances were decided

Germany never wanted a world scale war. Austria- Hungary had problems in the Balkans. But the Dual Alliance (1879) between Germany and Austria- Hungary gave Austria-Hungary confidence that they can attain security through Germany's protection if Russia were to intervene. Germany saw that this conflict with the Balkans could cause a war, so as best as it could, tried only to restrain Austria-Hungary from waging a war. However, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary's next heir, by a Bosnian Serb, fueled a strong response declaring war on the Serbian Empire. Both risked the spectacle of a large scale war because they thought that they had a good shot at winning knowing that they were backed by strong world powers; Germany and Russia. After Austria-Hungary declared war, on the following day, Russia declared war in defense of Serbia and its mobilization gave Germany little choice. Germany had to declare war on Russia which in turn involved France (by the Triple Entente of 1907) and then involved Britain when Germany invaded Belgium to attack France. Even though Germany might have been responsible for the entanglement of other major powers, the blame of the outbreak of the First World War was as much Germany's as it was for many other major nations

Many of his points were thought to be unpractical, especially by France and Britain, and went unrealized due to Wilson's lack of real understanding of European issues. France was adamant on the idea of reducing Germany to a minor European state, while Britain sought after Germany's colonies. In the end, Germany felt cheated and betrayed because it thought that the signing of the cease fire was an acceptance of Wilson's Fourteen Points. Instead they were not invited to the Paris Peace Conference and given the treatment of a defeated