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The Treaty of Versailles was unpopular, not only with the Germans, but also with the people who had drawn it up. Even at the time, the peace-makers left the conference feeling that they had failed to make a treaty that would keep the peace, and historians have ever since blamed the Treaty of Versailles for helping to cause the Second World War.
Opinions summary
This table summarises how Versailles was 'the hated treaty'
| Germans | British | French | Americans | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| League of Nations | Hated it | OK | Hated it | Hated it |
| Guilt Clause | Hated it | OK | OK | Hated it |
| German army reduced | Hated it | Hated it | OK | Hated it |
| Reparations | Hated it | Hated it | OK | Hated it |
| German lost land | Hated it | Hated it | Hated it | Hated it |
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