The Treaty of Versailles (ended WWI)

The treaty of Versailles affected Germany by making it have no army. They also said that this war was all Germany's fault. They said that Germany was behinds everything because Germany was the main aggressors in World war 1. It was signed five years after Arch duke Ferdinand was assassinated. It also said that they were really bad people and they were economically depressed because of this. The reason why they were so economically depressed was because the treaty required Germany to pay reparation money to all of the Entente side. They even lost land to prevent them from gaining back the land and to prevent another war. This treaty actually encouraged another war because of its maltreatment amongst the losing side. Even after all this punishment, they weren't even allowed to join the League of Nations because of the fact that they were very dangerous and could betray the League of Nations. For a while it stayed like this until a man named Hitler came to power. He would convince the people that fascism was the way to get back up from economic depression. The people agreed, and because this worked, they named him the ruler of Germany. I think that the treaty of Versailles led to Hitler becoming ruler because of the fact that it was so harsh on Germany, that they needed someone to take over and be tough about it. This is why Hitler looked like the man to over power the others and become the ultimate ruler. I think that historians who think that the treaty Versailles led to the rise of Hitler and fascism was correct because Germany was going through some hard times.