Truth And Consequences: Taking Advantage Of The Loser Of WWI
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Although the costs and strain that World War I placed on the
countries involved in it were unimaginable, the peace treaty Germany was
forced to sign was neither fair nor just. Millions upon millions of men
lost their lives or were wounded and women and children suffered from not
having and positi ....
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.... Wilson of the United States,
were supposed to draw up a document for long lasting peace based on
Wilson's Fourteen Points, but the other leaders were vengeful. They wanted
Germany to pay in a big way for their losses and costs incurred. Instead
of choosing to aim for long lasting peace by basing their treaty on the
Fourteen Points, Clemenceau, George, and Orlando drew up a treaty that
would cause Germany to go into a nation-wide depression and suffer for a
whole generation. This treaty bec ....
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