How Did The Treaty Of Versailles Cause Ww2

The weakness of the Treaty of Versailles caused World War II. The treaty blamed Germany for the war and forced them to pay reparations causing massive distrust and hatred. Dictators like Hitler and Mussolini took advantage of the weak League of Nation’s pretentious power in order to dominate many countries to increase their own country’s power. Instability was also caused by the treaty, which led to the rise of dictatorships throughout Europe. The implications of my argument are understanding how an ineffective treaty leads to further war and how new methods of treaty making can help us advocate for better treaties in the future. In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed to end WWI, which led to huge reparations that Germany needed to pay back to the victorious countries. Faced with massive debt, Germany had no choice but to print more money, which led to inflation leaving Germans even angrier and fearful for their own well being. With the country in despair, Hitler and the Nazis rose to power promising a future of prosperity and recognition. Hitler used the logic that Germans were a superior race referring to them as Aryans, and that they were destined to rule the world. This led Hitler and the Nazis to attack and take
This was mainly due to the United States not wanting to join the League of Nations and because they had neither power nor an army to enforce their commands and laws to keep peace. In order to keep world peace, countries were forced to make appeasements with Germany such as giving up Austria and Sudetenland to them which led to the creation of the Munich pact and Anschluss. The League of Nations was also supposed to keep Mussolini at bay but failed to do that as well for similar reasons. The weakness of the League of Nations eventually led to the rise of other powerful dictators and