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Were the Peace Settlements after World War One Justified?
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... Were the Peace Settlements after World War One Justified? The end of 1919 saw several peace treaties. Designed by the Allied leaders, the 'Big Three'- Georges Clemenceau of France, David Lloyd George of Britain and Woodrow Wilson of the United States, they dealt with the nations defeated in World War One. They were created to ensure a lasting peace, and to reward the victors of the war; however, were they justified? The Treaty of Versailles. This was accompanied by several controversies, for it was considered to be the harshest of the post-war treaties. It was a peace settlement designed to deal with Germany, and it imposed several unsympathetic restrictions and burdens upon her already frail shoulders. For example, the 'war guilt' clause that infuriated so many Germans. Germany was obligated to accept sole blame for initiating the war. This term was unfair; it was preposterous to blame a single nation for














