This treaty took the name from the Palace of Versailles in Paris where it was signed. The treaty was designed to humiliate the Germans. The Germans were given two weeks to comment about the treaty of Versailles but their comments were ignored. They were told to sign the treaty or Germany would be invaded. So the German government had no other choice but to sign the unfair treaty. Germany was to accept the blame for …
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…fight another war. Not only that, Germany was also forbidden to have an air force or to build tanks. Besides, Germany lost all its colonies. All its colonies became mandates of the League of Nations. This meant that they would be run by one of the victorious powers until they were ready to gain independence. There were also nine new states that were created in Europe. However this formation of new states created more problems.