The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties singed after World War I ended. This treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the allied powers. It was presented to Germany for consideration on May 7, 1919. The German government was given three weeks to accept the terms of the treaty. They responded to the treaty with a long list of complaints.
The negotiations in the treaty were considered quite controversial. "Germany to accept sole responsibility for causing the war and, under the terms of articles 231–248 (later known as the War Guilt clauses), to disarm, make substantial territorial concessions and pay reparations to certain countries that had formed the Entente."
The sum of money needed to make these reparations would take Germany until 1988 to pay off, so they were deemed excessive. The treaty was greatly weakened by later events that started in 1932. By the mid 1930s the treaty was widely disregarded.
The opposing ideas about the treaty caused the war to end with neither side getting what they wanted. Germany was not pacified or conciliated. Germany wasn't permanently weakened either. This proved to be a great factor in the beginning of the second World War.
In conclusion, the Treaty of Versailles probably caused more problems than it fixed. Because of the negotiations it included, it was quite controversial. Its negotiations also caused it to become one of the leading factors that caused the breakout of World War II.
