How many countries were supporting the treaty of Versailles
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The Treaty of Versailles (French: Traité de Versailles) was a peace treaty between the nations of Japan, the United States, France, Austria-Hungary, Germany and Britain after World War I. The treaty was made in 1919. Germany, Austria and Hungary did not participate in writing it.
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The Treaty of Versailles (French: Traité de Versailles) was a peace treaty between the nations of Japan, the United States, France, Austria-Hungary, Germany and Britain after World War I. The treaty was made in 1919. Germany, Austria and Hungary did not participate in writing it. Germany had the choice between signing it or facing the occupation of Germany by Allied troops.
The French made the Treaty hard for the Germans so that Germany would not be able to start a new war. Thus, Germany had to reduce its armed forces from 6 million to 100,000 men, and get rid of its submarines, military aircraft and most of their artillery. Their Navy battleships were limited to only six small ones.
Germany also had to give back French territories it had occupied, as well as large territories of its own to Poland and other neighbours, and it had to give up all of its colonies to the League of Nations. Germany was to pay back the very big World War I reparations for the damage done to Allied countries, mostly France, during World War I by German troops. This sum was to be very large but was not yet fixed. 132 billion gold marks had to be paid only as a first part of the German debt.
The Treaty made a League of Nations which was intended to make decisions and keep peace after the treaty was signed. The League solved some international disputes without war, but could not stop World War II.
This Treaty can be seen as a one-sided peace, dictated to Germany. The English economist John Maynard Keynes thought it was a great mistake to force such harsh measures on the German people, but his advice was ignored. Germany set up the Weimar Republic. It was democratic, but suffered an economic collapse, with the hyper-inflation of its currency. Adolf Hitler became Chancellor and overruled the treaty. His actions eventually led to World War II