h and French came to the conclusion that Hitler had to be stopped, and the old Alliance system came into effect again. Chamberlain tried to get Poland to join in the British-French-Russian alliance, but Poland feared Russia, and would not agree to let Russia in its borders. Chamberlain became convinced that Hitler would invade Poland unless Britain defended them. Chamberlain immediately agreed to stand by Poland if she was invaded, but Hitler planned to invade Poland anyway at the end of August 1939. Only 11 years after the First World War had ended came the start of the Second World War, which was a result of an unfair Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles had created feelings of revenge from Germany towards the victorious powers, as they had inflicted pain, suffering and insult on them. “The conference ultimately proved little more than a punitive device to extract a pound of cash from the defeated, and produced not a lasting peace, but the seeds for a future war.” The state Germany was left in after the treaty made it easy for Hitler to come into power as all its people hated the treaty, and were in search of change from that of the failing, democratic Weimar Government. In conclusion, had the guilt not have been blamed solely on Germany; the harshness of the clauses would not have been so great. This would have lessened the reparations, perhaps to a fair amount, eliminating the feeling of revenge on Germany’s behalf. The unfairness of the treaty created a situation in Germany with ideal conditions for rising fascist leadership. The Treaty of Versailles set the scene for the chain of events which led to WWII....
