how was the tready of versallies a cause of world war II?

Answer 1

The Treaty of Versailles which ended WWI brought Germany to its knees and demanded such things as no military build up and huge reparations to other countries for Germany's role in the War. Thus the economy of Germany and her status as a world power were greatly diminished. As a result, there was an opportunity for a strong nationalistic movement to take power. The Nazis under Hitler did so while promising to restore Germany to its "rightful" place among the powers of the world and while also promising to restore economic strength. The people were ready for such a nationalistic leadership and followed Hitler blindly.

Chow!!

Answer 2

If you want to talk about the Treaty of Versailles causing World War II, then you need to rephrase your question. It should be more along the lines "How did the Treaty of Versailles prolong the Great War?" This is a simple question. The treaty of Versailles wanted to accomplish two things, set up a League of Nations (suggested by President Wilson) and humiliate Germany. Germany was force to pay for reperations, take the War Guilt Clause (saying they were responsible for the war), decimate their Gross National Product, demilitarize the country to only a few thousand, and give up all of their mandates to England and France. This enraged German Nationalism. In the 20s and 30s during the American Great Depression, there was also the German Great Depression which struck harder because of the reparations paid by the Germans. During this time of struggle, a World War I veteran decided to do something about it. He wanted to find a scapegoat to unite his people (and though this may seem terrible, it was the sign of a great leader) and found a way to spread his anti-Semetic views. Did I mention this was Adolf Hitler? He wanted to take revenge from what the treaty of Versailles had set up in the years prior.

Answer 3

Clemenceau,the French Premier said after the treaty of Versailles was signed(we ended a war and prepared the next).
The treaty blamed Germany only for WW1.
It imposed such ecomic burdens that the German economy collapsed in 1923.1 Dollar = 1 billion DM.
In the same year Hitler tried a coup but failed.
It splitted Germany in two parts separated by the Dantzig corridor in Poland.
Imposed an army of no more than 100000 conscripts.
No navy allowed.
When Hitler came to power in 1933 he abolished the treaty after 2 years and demanded the recuperation of Dantzig from Poland.September 1 1939 he invaded Poland and WWII started.

Answer 4

The Treaty of Versailles is considered a cause of WW II for various reasons:
1. blamed the German people for the First World War solely as contrary to European colonialism, imperialism and military alliances between all the nations involved.
2. Germany shouldered the burdens of reparations thus bankrupting the nation and bring forces to power such as the Nazis under Hitler who used the Treaty of Vesailles as a starting block to garner support for his policies.
3. German was stripped of its military army except for the skeleton crew of around 110,000. Again the Nazis was against this part of the Treaty and called for the rearmament of Germany which would also revitalize the nation economically.
4. With Hitler in power and his views of Lebensraum or land room it would only be a matter of time when nothingness and appeasement could savor his thirst for power and conquest driving the world to war.
5. Because of the reparations of the Treaty of Versailles ot weakened all Europe eventually and the US because of the Great Depression because economies were stymied due to lack of circulation of money brought the US eventually into the vortex.

Answer 5

See recent question in 'War' thread, did WW1 cause WW2.

It is too simple to say it caused WW2, but certainly it was an illustration of how a punitive and poorly-drafted peace treaty can cause long-term problems.

In particular the 'War Guilt clause' blamed Germany, and Germany only, for causing WW1. Thus they had to make reparations.

When the Germans sued for peace in November 1918, they were asking for a ceasefire and they expected to be able to negotiate a reasonable peace based on US President Wilson's '14 points', which were quite idealistic and progressive. The leaders of Britain and France, who had lost a generation of young men in the most horrific war ever seen, had other ideas. By the time Germany realised- 6 months later- she would receive a 'daktat'- a dictated and harsh peace treaty- she could not resist because the country was in disarray.

This was a source of constant shame and anger in Germany and led directly to the appeal of Hitler.

Answer 6

hey no offense you spelled treaty wrong