The Treaty of Versailles had one true plan in preserving the peace, to completely eliminate Germany's territorial, imperial, military, and economic power so much, that the country could never wage war again. The means of doing this in the treaty, however, were not well thought out. Under the threat of military action, Germany was forced to pay huge reparations to Britain and France. But all of Germany's income producing territories and colonies had been taken away; it was impossible for them to pay. With the economy devastated, Germany turned to the radical ideas of Adolf Hitler, and would eventually wage war on Britain, France, and many others. Many at the time of the Treaty of Versailles knew that there would be problems with it; revenge and punishment would not preserve the peace. Some even tried to publicly offer solutions like Woodrow Wilson, the president of the United States at the time, and John Maynard Keynes, a leading economist. Unfortunately, the leaders of Britain and France ignored these problems and signed the Treaty of Versailles into existence. HITLER AND THE NAZI'SHitler was born in a small town in Austria in 1889. As a young boy, he showed little ambition. After dropping out of high school, he moved to Vienna to study art, but he was denied the chance to join Vienna academy of fine arts. When WWI broke out, Hitler joined Kaiser Wilhelmer's army as a Corporal. At this time he was not a person of great importance. He was to become a creature of a Germany created by WWI, and his behavior was shaped by that war and its consequences.Futhermore, he had emerged from Austria with many prejudices, including a powerful prejudice against Jews. Again, he was a product of his times, for many Austrians and Germans were prejudiced against the Jews. In Hitler's case the prejudice had become maniacal it was a dominant force in his private and political personalities. Anti-Semitism was not a policy for Adolf Hitler-it was religion. ...
