which was the most important reason why germany disliked the treaty of versailles?

Question

was it because of the war guilt clause or the military restrictions placed on germany explain both please

Answer 1

The actual treaty of Versailles did not affect Germans that much in the 20's. There was problems from 1919 - 1921 with sparodic uprisings mainly by Communist factions, these where mainly surpressed by the Army and Police forces using what where know as the Freikorps bands of Nationalist / Anti Communist ex troopers which had banded together into shooting clubs (cover names) and where a type of militia somewhat unique to Germany. Once the Weimar Goverment had destroyed most of these groups the 20's started to run smooth, Industry increased, unemployment fell, people began to enjoy themselves, yes there where rumblings about repayments, lost lands, loss of face from small Nationalist groups like the NSDAP (Nazis Party to be) which wanted more from the goverment, but the populace was genrally contented.
Then the Wall Street Crash Happened.....
It was discovered that Germany had obtained massive loans from American firms which started to reclaim the loans, or went bankrupt overnight, the money stopped coming in, inflation started to build as more and more goods became expensive and harder to get, firms in Germany linked with the Americans started to fail as order books dried up. The British withdrew from Export controls and reset the Gold Standard which caused further panic in the Market, the French started to demand higher reporations to cover its markets and when the Germans faultered, they occupied factories in the Sarr, Rhur and Rhineland areas to remove goods for themselves. This caused more disatifaction, the Middle class became the lower class as savings dissolved, the Nazis siezed the chance to rattle the cages of the goverment and demand action and during 1930 - 1933 disaster happened in Germany.
Versailles was an aid to the Nazis Party and most people in Germany did not even concider it until that stage as a problem.

Answer 2

Uh, it was the war-guilt clause for absolute certain. The military restrictions were a minor inconvenience, as they wouldn't have enough money to pay for an army anyway because of the war-guilt clause.

The war-guilt clause entitled Germany to take full responsibility for the grievances committed in starting the war, and left the other countries blameless, setting the entire burden on Germany's shoulders to the great satisfaction of France and Britain. It also said that they had to pay for the repairs to all of the things they had destroyed, which was just because the Allies wanted to sit back on their **** and laugh about how Germany had to ask them for money, because everyone knew that Germany was one of the poorest countries in the world at the end of the war, and remained so until the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party.

The war-guilt clause also set the stage for the Germans to feel like they had been wronged for being blamed for all the bad things done in the war, and as a part of German nationalism they would feel it was their duty to exact revenge on Britain and France, which ultimately lead to the rise of Hitler, who promised that exact thing.

The war-guilt clause is the reason that there was a second world war. The military restrictions didn't matter once Hitler was in power, because he did what he wanted to do anyway.

Answer 3

Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles blamed Germany for the war (WWI) and had Germany pay reparations to the Allies. The reparations were so high that they were the main reason for Germany's financial woes after the war and one of the leading causes for the rise of Nazism. Reparations was probably the biggest reason that the Germans disliked the treaty.

Answer 4

the guilt clause was one important thing because you took the economic livelihood away from Germany in slow strangulation . The military restrictions were not a matter of as much of a problem because they were easily ignored and eliminated when the Nazis came to power anyway and they built their army to outnumber their enemies by the beginning of WW2 except the Russians . They built their armanents slowly but effectively . It would also be the guilt clause and other economic measures which ushered Hitler into power along with the incompetent, corrupt Weimar Republic.

Answer 5

I think the biggest reason was that Germany had to shoulder all the blame for the war as well as the fact that they had to pay back the victors for damages due to the war. I don't think the military restrictions contributed too much to the dislike of the treaty.

Answer 6

Germany lost:
13% of its national territory
All of its overseas colonies (including Kamerun, German East Africa, German Southwest Africa, Togoland and German New Guinea)
12.5% of its population
16% of its coalfields, and half its iron and steel industry.
Union with Austria (Anschluss) forbidden
Military Restrictions on Germany
They had also a quite big list for World War I reparations

League of Nations (Our UN) were created and failed to keep control. Everything started at 30's when Italy started to invade few countries in Africa and no reactions were given. Later, Germany follow same path. (hummm remembers something in close present). Only few complains but not real action were taken.

Peace Treaty was accepted by a recent puppet government which did not represented Germans.

Completed destroyed country. Misery everywhere. Small elite keeping control and holding significative part of valuables. Richer meanwhile massive population were starving and dying in the streets.

Puppets in the government, excess of ambition and crushed country lead to the perfect context to allow Hitler's ascension, Everything, started by a struggling Treaty.

... as usual, history repeats itself in a larger scale.

Answer 7

the singular most important reason for the resentment for the resentment to the TOV was the war guilt clause

reparations,military restriction, land loss, victory against russia. all were lost because they agreed that they started the war. and so they had to compensate for the lives lost in the opposition further more 'stab-in-the-back' myth makes the civilian population that they beleived that they were actually winning the war, (sounds pretty stupid) and that the SPD went behind the back of the generals and signed an armistice.

Answer 8

Neither. Germany most disliked being saddled with economically crippling war reparations. But they didn't like the war guilt clause either.

Answer 9

Out of your opitions I would say the guilt as the German's were humiliated in front of the world and they had lost all of their glory eventhough they were not the only reason the war started.
The reparations were not the worst as German COULD afford the reparations and with the help of Britain they got off quite lightly compared to what France wanted to make them pay.

Answer 10

It was a lot of factors one of which was the fact Germany not only had to repay millions in fines but also lost a big chunk of their country, this was one of the factors of the out break of WW2 when Hitler wanted to take back the land for the people