How far was the Treaty of Versailles Justified?

How far was the Treaty of Versailles justified?
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement that was signed after World War One had ended in 1918. This treaty was an agreement between the Allies, the winning countries of WWI, which were mainly France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The treaty was created primarily so that the Allies could decide and agree upon what they wanted to do to the Central Powers, the losing countries of WWI, which were mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. The three most important politicians there were David Lloyd George (Britain), Georges Clemenceau (France) and Woodrow Wilson (America). Germany was not invited to this meeting because England and France wanted to blame the war on Germany and it would be hard if Germany was there to defend themselves. In this essay, one will challenge whether the Treaty of Versailles was fair or not. In hindsight, the Treaty of Versailles was unfair but given the mood of 1919 it may be viewed as a fair treaty.
The Treaty of Versailles could be seen as being fair. Germany did not lose that much territory, far less than it took from Russia in the treaty of Brest-Litovsk in 1918. The German economy recovered quickly in the second half of the 1920s, the amount of the reparations were reduced throughout the 1920s.
The Treaty of Versailles could be seen as being Unfair. It was not based on Wilson's fourteen points, it punished the German people who had little influence over the Kaiser and the army. It was seen a surrender document that the defeated Germans had no choice but to sign it. There was a series of punishments that have been imposed on Germany by the allies led by France. The major provisions of this treaty were: Loss of land, Germany lost all its overseas colonies. Alsace-Lorraine went to France. The Saar was to be run by France for 15 years. A union with Austria was forbidden. Western Prussia and Upper Silesia want to a new Poland, Danzig became a free city protected by the League of Nations. Germany lost 10% of its lands in Europe, along with 12.5% of its population, 16% of its coalfields and 50% of its iron and steel industries. The loss of these lands would make the paying of reparations more difficult. The following restrictions were placed on Germany's armed forces: No air force, army limited to 100,000 men. No conscription. The Navy was reduced to six small battleships and submarines were banned. Article 231 of the treaty stated that Germany was responsible for the war.
In my opinion, I definitely agree that the Treaty of Versailles was a harsh and unfair treaty. The Treaty of Versailles caused Germany to go through a depression, a time when businesses and people lost a lot of money. Due to this depression, many people lost their

jobs. People who could not find jobs joined the Communist and National Socialist parties. The National Socialist Party’s leader, Adolf Hitler, was gaining more and more power because the German people were upset that their government did little to help them and that the government agreed to the Treaty of Versailles. Many Germans were mad that Germany lost so much land because of the Treaty of Versailles, and it had to pay huge amounts of money to Allied countries. They were also mad because the treaty said that Germany alone caused WWI. Many Germans wanted revenge. This is when more Germans began to look up to Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist Party.