The Treaty of Versailles

World War I brought about unprecedented suffering in European history. The goal following World War I was to restore European stability and maintain everlasting peace. The Versailles Treaty did little to shape any sort of long-term peace from the results of World War I. The Treaty of Versailles was put together at the Paris Peace Conference in January 1919. The Paris Peace Conference began on January 18, 1919, with 21 nations in attendance. The representatives of Germany and the …

…a future war inevitable. This time the destruction would be complete. Germany would lose its sovereignty for almost half a century, split between democracy and communism. European decline was completed, and two new powers dominated the world: the United States and the Soviet Union. The Treaty of Versailles brought what many had begun to expect it would: war. The provisions of the victorious peacemakers failed to fill the vacuum - millions had died in vain.