HISTORY
THE WORLD BETWEEN THE WARS
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they had to pay reparations
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their country was divided
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they didn’t get the land they were promised
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they were forced into an alliance with Germany
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why were Germany and Italy disappointed with the Treaty of Versailles? Italy did not get the regions it wanted. Germany was stripped of its military and resource-rich regions. Italy was stripped of the prosperous Rhine land.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the final Treaty of Versailles, signed in June, Italy received a permanent seat on the League of Nations, the Tyrol and a share of the German reparations.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Treaty of Versailles is one of the most controversial armistice treaties in history. The treaty’s so-called “war guilt” clause forced Germany and other Central Powers to take all the blame for World War I. This meant a loss of territories, reduction in military forces, and reparation payments to Allied powers.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Versailles Treaty forced Germany to give up territory to Belgium, Czechoslovakia and Poland, return Alsace and Lorraine to France and cede all of its overseas colonies in China, Pacific and Africa to the Allied nations.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Treaty of Versailles is often referred to as the hated treaty-this is due to the fact that the leaders of America, Britain, France and Germany were all deeply unhappy with many different areas of the final agreement.
Detailed explanation-6: -What happened? It is widely agreed that the Treaty of Versailles failed because it was filled with harsh punishment and unrealistic expectations of massive reparations payments and demilitarization imposed on Germany for its wrongdoing.