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Arts & Humanities > European History Was the Treaty of Versailles fair?

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It is possible to state, without exaggeration, that the Treaty of Versailles was one of the great diplomatic disasters of history. The chief effect of this treaty is the rapid slide into disorder and totalitarianism of the German state, and an indirect cause of the Second World War. However, several other stipulations and effects of the of the treaty also clearly demonstrate its inherent unfairness. One stipulation of the treaty was that Germany was forced to pay reparations to the Allied powers. This was difficult for a variety of reasons - the economy had nearly collapsed from years of b...

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