USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The treaty itself was predicated on Germany’s guilt for the war. The document stripped Germany of 13 percent of its territory and one tenth of its population.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany harshly because Allied powers, Great Britain and France especially, blamed Germany for starting the war and the subsequent death and destruction.

Detailed explanation-3: -Germany lost World War I. In the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, the victorious powers (the United States, Great Britain, France, and other allied states) imposed punitive territorial, military, and economic provisions on defeated Germany.

Detailed explanation-4: -It could be argued that territorial losses were the worst punishment faced by Germany because they lost 10% of their land.