Question

Were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles the proper ones to maintain peace in Europe after WWI? If yes, argue why and use specific examples to show how it worked. If not, give specific examples as to why and present better alternative terms they should have proposed.

Answer 1

No.

The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was a peace treaty signed by the European powers that officially ended World War I.

After six months of negotiations in Paris, the treaty was signed as a continuation of the November 1918 armistice in Compiègne, which had put an end to the clashes. The main point of the treaty required Germany to accept all responsibility for causing the war and, under the terms of articles 231-247, to make reparations to a number of nations of the Triple Entente.

Although the Versailles treatment was a good one, it was a way of blaming Germany and punishing it, but I don't think it's possible to say that there was peace when years later the World War II happened. They should have proposed an agreement between all countries and not just as a way of holding Germany alone.