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After the bombing at Pearl Harbor President Roosevelt addressed Congress asking to declare war on Japan.
The treaty of Versailles was an unfair one. The "war guilt" clause forced Germany and her allies to take all the blame for the world war. Moreover, Germany lost it's land, overseas colonies, population, and coal and iron industry. Germany was also made to pay reparations and limit their armed forces.
The treaty of Versailles was an invitation to deadlier wars in the future. In fact, it can be concluded that the treaty was a controversy in itself. Because Germany was subjected to ill treatment and was made to pay reparations beyond the country's capacity post war, it became the mojor cause for the WW II.
