Analysis of the Treaty of Versailles-Who Did It Please?

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History Performance task 3 Bernadette Paulyn Gostelow (3) 3SY & Lin Yuening (20) 3GR “What is surprising about the treaty of Versailles is not that the Big 3 made a bad peace, but they made peace at all”. Do you agree? EYA. We strongly agree with the assertion that it was definitely surprising that the Big 3 had managed to make peace at all. This can be expressed as the big 3 had very diverse intentions and ideas about the terms of the treaty of Versailles which lead to hugely divided attentions in Europe and between political leaders and their people per se. This lead to a lack of unity in Europe causing much tensions and friction between the leaders at the Paris peace conference. Palace of Versailles: where the Paris Peace conference was held. Ergo, it is indeed utterly astounding that the big 3 with their vastly different ideas and conflicting beliefs were able to come to a common consensus to sign the single treaty of Versailles and in this manner, “make peace”. Thus, we strongly agree with the assertion. On an intra- and internal level, the politicians and citizenry in some countries had differing viewpoints. For one, in Britain, the general opinion of the British public was to enforce a harsh and strict treaty to avenge their anger caused by all the trials and tribulations of the war. Whence, it was of the British public desire to see Germany suffer and pay heavy reparations for the perceived damage they caused through the war that was extremely emotionally taxing on the people of Britain. Naturally, the people demanded the Germans to disarm and to lose her colonies and industries such as the “Saar” that was rich in coal. However, David Lloyd George, the prime minister of Britain at that time, wanted a just and fair treaty that was not too harsh on Germany as he wanted to safeguard the sustainability of Britain’s trading relationship with
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