, signed on the 28th of June 1919, was mainly orchestrated by David Lloyd George, representing Britain and Georges Clemenceau, representing France. 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 faulted and contradictory. 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 revolutionary and radical ideas with 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; shortsighted revenge and punishment would not preserve the peace. If Germany was allowed to keep some of their colonies, they could have some means of income and maybe be able to pay off the money they owed France and Britain. If this would’ve happened there wouldn’t have been a reason for Adolf Hitler to build an army to regain their territories. Without Adolf Hitler and Germany trying to take over the world before World War II, there wouldn’t have been a World War II and made World War I the war to end all wars.As World War I was nearing an end, Woodrow Wilson designed the League of Nations to add to the Treaty of Versailles which he saw as containing an assembly with seats for all nations and a council to be controlled by the great powers. The United States tried to show its power by having Wilson lead the Paris Peace Conference but it just backfired. Wilson lost his reputation outside of the United States and we couldn’t use our power to end the war. The United States learned from this war that we need to estab...
