The people moat responsible for creating the conditions of WW2 werr the British & French Prime Ministers. Without the revenge & suffering it was designed by them to inflict (esp economically) by those two men, the desperate situation leading to the rise of Hitler wouldn't have been created. That is an example of the cost of resentment.
Andrei Enache, Japan was given a League of Nations Class C mandate to govern Northern Marianas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands The people of the Northern Mariana Islands decided in the 1970s not to seek independence, but instead to forge closer links with the United States. Negotiations for commonwealth status began in 1972 and a covenant to establish a commonwealth in political union with the United States[13] was approved in a 1975 referendum. A new government and constitution came into effect in 1978 after being approved in a 1977 referendum. The United Nations approved this arrangement pursuant to Security Council Resolution 683.
Fan fact: Hitler wanted to become an artist but the art school regected his request so if Hitler became an artist maybe WW2 would never happen (at least not at 1940 I guess)
karim ganne What is unfair in taking back your land and asking for reparations when you land was turned into a wasteland ( still inhabitable to this day in case you wonder ).
Porte-Feu I’d say it’s unfair making Germany pay 800 billion dollars (adjusted for inflation) for a war THAT SERBIA STARTED! If anything they should have had to pay for the war. Just because they were on the winning side doesn’t absolve them of blame.
@@Porte-Feu you realize that the debt france had to pay for the 1870 war was paid off in 5 years correct. Germany's debt was later cut in half and it took them until 2010 to pay off that half of the debt.
FastenTheFalafels Dude you are obviously pro-Germany from the beginning. Of course Germany wasn't responsible alone for WWI but they sure were the only Nation to attack france on their own soil. You also seem to forget that almost all the fighting on the western front was in France. Whole regions were destroyed, the industry crippled and millions of french were killed (they had the most casualties of the western countries) and on top of that, Germany did the same with france in 1870. It was easy for countries like England or the US to say "oh hey don't be so mad at Germany let's not punish them too much" when they weren't really involved other than with combat troops. From this standpoint, I think it's pretty understandable and justified that France was pissed.
SWAGDOLF SHITLER except Germany had virtually no intrest in French territory. And Germany didn't destroy those areas the British did with their creeping barrages to oust the germans.
For germany to take all the blame for ww1 seems unfair it was serbia and austrio hungary that started this war and dragged everyone else in through aliances
i agree that Austria Hungary played a major part but blaming Serbia is way out of line they were given a ridiculous ultimatum they would basically be Austria's vassal
You should read about the balfour deklaration which you totally missed in your little video. a very important Dokument which was also part of those meetings in France and make u understand a lot of what and why WW1 happened. I also recommend u to listen to the Benjamin Freedman speech...
So i'm french and i totally agree that it was kinda harsh and unfair. But still, i remember that Germany commited several massacre in the territory of our neighbor and ally, Belgium, despite they're neutrality! So maybe it wasn't really SO unfair? I don't know...
Look how european nations treated France in 1815. And compare how France treated AH and Germany in 1919. Its a shame what french revanchism, hatred and bloodlust has done to not only germany but other european countries as well.
yeah not so harsh shoudl we give some stuff to belgium swiss get some italy germany takes some england takes some spain takes some and you don´t have an millitary you can´t have navy you can´t have airforce and you have to pay forever to give us youre moiney
"ENJOY WAR, BECAUSE PEASE WILL BE CRUEL" they said and it is true. Also after WO2 Germany was punished, Some coutries did the exact same disgusting things with german prissinors as the germans with the jews (for example). I don't believe totally revenche is a way to peace.
You can say it but the assasination was from a serb in bosnia but not from the serbien government and they sayd to the Ultimatum that they can except most of it but territorial gains for austria can't they except
@@estebanod Germany did kill a lot of people, but so did Russia, France, Uk, Austro Hungary etc and so singling them out is kind of unfair. Plus everyone was responsible for the war becoming a world war.
G- guilt (take the blame) A- army restrictions R- reparations G- German territory LE- league of nations (unable to join) ~GARGLE! * this helped me, so feel free to use this if it helps :)
oooh interesting! we used BRAT: B - Germany took the blame R - Germany had to pay reparations for the damage caused by WW1 A - Germany was forced to weaken their army T - Germany lost territory and colonies
Austria-Hungary has been dissolved, because the King leaved and all the countries in the Empire got their independence. You can't punish someone who died. Same for the Ottoman Empire, France and Great-britain got pieces of their territories and the country has been dissolved.
Not the single biggest. There were a lot of causes for the rise o Nazism and WWII. One of those is the 1929 economic crisis or the the political instability by the loss of the monarchy or the flawed Weimar constitution. The example that the rise of fascism in Italy set, the constant border clashes with Poland in the East, the impressions of the Russian civil war, the red terror and the resulting refugee wave.
Yeah and why was Germany in such a crisis? Because they needed to lent money from the US to pay their debts But the US had a enconomy crash, germany couldnt lent money Bam inflation.
Also the German High Command and Public wanted to avenge the humiliation of that treaty imposed upon them as they never got over that until the fall of Paris in 1940 as it was still psychologically in their minds especially Hitler personally.
Jan Winterhalter As is the case with WW2 blaming one single factor for the entire war would be a rather port historical analysis. Revanchism for the humiliation after WW1, was of course one of the biggest factors that sparked the war, but also ideological goal were pursued: "Liberation" from what Hitler saw as land controlled by the Jews and the subsequent extermination of the so called "Jewish conspirators" and the establishment of an Aryan Europe. As well as the acquisition of Lebensraum (space for settlement) in the East and fear of communist aggression, which in the end prompted the failed Operation Babarossa.
Yeah but the main reason the Puplic was on hitlers side, was the treaty Because it not only humiliated the germans but also threw germany into an incredible poorness And that the French occupied the Rhineland, stole the factorys and Resources and killed over 120 civilians didnt really help the democrats
French Wine actually the Franco Prussian war was fairly lenient Bismark didn't even want to take else and lothrimgen because he feared it may lead to a permanent rivalry with france. The king pushed it though saying they could not unite Germany whilem leving these German majority areas in French rule.
It was unfair lose Population the solider who fight in the war were young people and much of them died or can't work because of the injures don't have enough money to really pay the reparations and germany must except it if they didn't they would be full invaded
No need to do so, Christopher Clark has proven that it was the fault of all the powers combined. Putting them in a line, Germany would end up somewhere in the middle.
germany wanted a war the most. they backed austria hungary when austria was making demands to serbia. Austria was not going to send demands to serbia if germany had not gave its full support to austria. germany delcared war on russia, and france, then brought britain into the war by invading neutral countries.
Not directly but they played a major role. Their aggression in foreign policy led the like of Russia and Britain to ally with France due to fear of conflict with the advancdd German military. These alliances would turn a conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia into a Continental and World War
Versailles was for Germany. For now look up these treaties for the other Central Powers to see how they were punished: Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Sèvres
The Hungarian and Turkish treaty was interesting and much more unfair, 70% of Hungary was given to other countries (still this day), but Turkey fought against it and won against its enemies so it could keep many of its land not like Hungary where the idiotic regime dissolved the strong Hungarian army, then came the jewish-communist regime.
Yes it was , First, go check it , it said that germany had to give Belgium Eupen and Malmedy, and second part , you don't know the first ww1 because belgium wasn't entierely annexed , remember Ypres ? It was still under belgian control !
Austria-Hungary lost way more land from the first world war, austria and hungary became their own country and slovakia, czechrepublic, slovania and a bit of poland i do beleive was created from Austria-Hungary
MarkoGames99 and to be honest... not only with germany but with Italy as they gave them less terittory than promised .Also usa got very little after the war too
A lot of things could be said about Woodrow Wilson I’m personally not his biggest fan, but I think WWII might have just been prevented if his idea were heard out.
It's true. But that's easier said than done when country wasn't ravaged, and you have relatively low war losses. Losing the colonies and restrictions on the military much like the end of WW2 probably would have been stomached.
mc bleac Serbia did it because Serbia people assassination franz Ferdinand so the central power didn't have to be blamed for everything it was Serbia fault
SUMMARY OF PART ONE AND TWO The Treaty of Versailles, What Did the Big Three Want? (Video detailed summary) (part one) * World War I officially came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. * 32 countries had come together in Paris in January 1919 to hold a conference which would make peace after the First World War. * It would be dominated by the big three: * David Lloyd George representing Britain; * Georges Clemenceau representing France; * Woodrow Wilson representing the USA. * Germany was not invited. * The Big Three wanted different things for Germany and disagreed on how harshly they were to be punished reflecting how their countries were treated in the war. * They had to negotiate with each other until there was a compromise. * This was difficult because Wilson was opposed to harsh punishment for Germany. * The USA had not been involved in the war as long as Britain and France and had not received as much damage. He wanted to prevent another world war by creating the league of nations based on his fourteen points to ensure Germany would not be destroyed and that Germany shouldn't be blamed for the war. * Clemenceau (france) aims were the harshest of the three -- representing the damage Germany had done to France's land and people and its threatening proximity. He wanted revenge and to punish Germany to return Alsace Lorraine to France, an independent Rhineland, no league of nations, Germany to pay huge reparations for the damage and losses caused, the disbandment of the German Army so that Germany would never be strong enough to attack France again. * Lloyd George (Britain) was an in-between. This reflected Britain which had little land damage, but high war losses. He wanted a punishment that would be tough enough to please those who wanted to make Germany pay, but would leave Germany strong enough to still trade land for Britain's Empire to safeguard Britain's naval supremacy. * When the Treaty of Versailles was ready, Germany was shown the document, but there was no negotiation, their rebuttal ignored. * On 28th June 1919 the Delegates met at the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles near Paris and forced two German representatives to sign it. ------ The Treaty of Versailles, Terms of the Treaty (Video detailed summary) (part two) * The terms of the Treaty of versailles can be divided into three groups * Territorial, military, financial and economic * Here are some of the territorial terms * Lorraine was returned to france * Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria lands in East Germany Including the farmlands of Posen and the polish corridor between East Germany and East prussia were given to poland * The Saar Which Had rich coal fields were given to France for 15 years * All Germany's colonies were taken and given to France and britain as mandates * Here are some of the military terms * The German army was restricted to only 100,000 men. The Navy could now only have six battleships and no submarines and there was to be no air force allowed * The Rhineland was demilitarized this meant the German army could not go to this area between France and Germany * For the financial and economic terms * Germany would have to pay reparations which would eventually be set at an enormous 132 Billion Gold marks on top of this germany was not allowed to join the league of nations and had to accept responsibility for causing all the damage and Loss by the war * Overall the Treaty of versailles was unpopular with Germany and its creators * Its terms would go on to be reversed by Germany in both secret and in the open by Hitler and help cause world war two
Hey man, nice video. I got to know about you from the AMA on Reddit and since then I watched almost all your videos. I like the simplistic explanations and animations. It's also easier to learn history in small chunks of 2-3 minutes, even my sister of 11 got interested in history thanks to your videos. Overall, your content is educational, historically accurate but concise, and the quality of your videos seems to be improving. I hope you keep doing this, good luck.
Thanks for your kind words. That makes us very happy that your little sister became interested in history because of our videos. We hope to inspire many people. What is your favourite video so far?
Okay, so your first videos are pretty decent although they lack your now usual narration. Starting from The assasination of Ferdinant, the next videos are all prettry good, I mostly like the episodes on WWI and WWII, I feel like they represent an important and fascinating part of our history. I Like your brief overview of WWII and I imagine that you and your team would be able to make a great serie out of WWII. I also like your video about the Blitz since it has that particularity of involving the viewer in the war, what would he do in those circumstances, the simple fact of thinking about it gives me goosepumps. Also I've noted that the voice of the narrator keeps changing, all of them are satisfying in case you were deciding who was best suited for narrating :p
Thanks Simple History has come quite a way since 2013. That's interesting that you found the Blitz video the most immersive. Because of the nature of the Blitz bringing the war to the homefront in which civilians experienced it on their doorstep, the directness to the viewer in the video worked quite well I think. For narration, I like to have a variety of voices to suit different types of history. :)
@@arnold3768 Germany DIDN'T Start WW1, She Was Only Defending Herself From Russia And To A Lesser Extent France. Germany DIDN'T Give Austria A Blank Check, They Only Supported Austrian Goals To Prosecute Those Involved In The Criminal Conspiracy To Assassinate Franz Ferdinand. And NO More. Compare That To France Who Gave A Blank Check To Russia, To Do WHAT EVER They WANTED. As A Result The Bear Provoked Germany And Austria Into War, Because They (Russia, And France) Wanted To Dismember Those Countries.
WWI and WWII were caused by a lack of empathy. The inability to place ones-self in your opponent's point of view is ultimately a detriment to that country. Serbia was unwilling to give reasonable demands to Austria, Austria was unrealistic in its expectations for justice, Germany egged on Austria, Russia egged on Serbia, France for patronizing Germany, and Britain tried to look neutral despite a protectorate alliance with France. They all got a world of stupid from being stupid. US's participation in WWI was all but certain with the blockade and debt incurred to the British/Allies. Think of all the money that was lent, do you really think the US wasn't going to go to war with all that debt at stake. Then all ridiculous killing and finger-pointing. In the end, the politicians were reflecting the sentiment of their people, which was essentially anger. They should of all just realized how stupid they were and went about trying to rebuild their lives. But nope, need to blame something or someone for all this death and despair. It must be the losers of the war that are at fault.
that happened after the treaty was signed. it was caused by the treaty because germany couldnt keep up with reparations so france invaded the rhur and then the german government printed more money which in turn caused hyperinflation. so it isnt really for this video
@@pearllily3974 They printed that money to pay the workers of the rhur while demanding them to stay on strike against the french. Self inflicted wound.
I think we can learn something from this, hardships can be overcomed and forgotten possibly, but insults are not. Germany was crushed and humiliated which is why it rose back in just 3 decades to swallow France entirely. After WW2 the USA efficiently funded for the reconstruction of the FDR, even though Germany lost more than 10% of her lands it was not humiliated and today Germany is an exemplary state.
Second interpretation: France wanted to cut Germany in 2 and occupy it ad vitam. The US finally did it after WW2, and today Germany is an exemplary state.
Lionel Messi Germany did never declared war on France in WW2,France and Britain did.By the way in WW1 even if Germany didn’t declare war on France,France would do anyways.
It was France and England that started WW2 because of their treaty so what if Poland starts WW3 in Europe your gonna go running at Germany for starting that war that wasn’t involved in AT ALL
Denied the cost of creating and maintaining an army of six million and a navy of three hundred ships, Germany had plenty with which to rebuild the homes, churches, factorys, ports, railways, farms, flooded fields and ruined crops, their desire for European dominance had destroyed. They fought on Belgium, France and financed war by Austro Hungry, Turkey, Irish Republicans, and in Africa. A war of attrition, hunger and disease. A war destroying cities, bridges, boats, irrigation, and twelve million working animals. The army the Germans were saved from having to support needed a further six million workers supplying services and material. If they all were employed in rebuilding the people they murdered and stole from, it might take ten years of war free life. Then back to bombast.
They literally had other treaties. Treaty of Trianon (Hungary) Treaty of Saint-German (Austria) Treaty of Sèvres (Ottomans. Later revised by the Treaty of Lausanne)
Germany was not blameless. It had violated the neutrality of Belgium which had been guaranteed by international treaty. But the reparations were disastrous and destroyed Germany's currency. Only way Germany could pay was to print money. Sound familiar?
What would happen if the Treaty of Versailles was not agreed and signed? How would the countries who were at war that time responded and took action? If you were to rewrite the Treaty, how would you consider things? Any thoughts?
Many people: Germany suffered the most from the Treaty of Versailles Meanwhile in Hungary: *Am I a joke to you?* In all seriousness (and I have a feeling that it's going to be an unpopular opinion), but parts of the territorial losses imposed on Hungary by the Treaty of Trianon was fair. Put down the torches. Hear me out. As a country who was on the loser side, Hungary would lose territory anyway, and not all had hungarian majority. BUT, the fact that the allies (mainly looking at you, France) gave territories to neighbouring countries where hungarians were in a majority, now that was unfair. Also unfair that in areas where it was unclear who was in a majority, the allies didn't initiate a referendum. It was only done in the case of Sopron, and Sopron voted to remain in Hungary.
A cornered jackal is the most dangerous animal... for Germany they have nothing more to lose after this atrocious treaty, especially when they are made to be the only one to bite the bullet.
The war was caused by the death of the Austrio-Hungarian emperor at the hands of Serbians. Yet it was the defeated that took the blame. Germany wasn't treated horribly for its damage dealt during the war, but for losing the war itself.
Austria-Hungary has been dissolved, because the King leaved and all the countries in the Empire got their independence. You can't punish someone who died. Same for the Ottoman Empire, France and Great-britain got pieces of their territories and the country has been dissolved.
"Learn history"! Google yourself the treaties of St. Germain (Austria) ("and the remains are Austria") and Trianon (Hungarian) (loosing hugh land)! Also "unfair" treaties. If France was treated like this after the napolnian wars, there wouldn't be a french nation today!
I blame the Allies for WW2. Britian and France may act like they are the good guys, but both were hoping to ensure and secure their own domination over their empires and ensure the status quo was not challenged again by Germany. The treaty itself shows their true intentions.
Just because Germany fought tough but it doesn't mean they started the war in my opinion ither Austria-Hungary or if he didn't die Garvilo Princip he started it and Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
"This will be the war to end wars"
Actually it was the war that started all actual wars. Thanks to the Treaty of Versailles
And this will be the peace to end all peace.
Instead they could have given Germany participation in league so that it refrains fascism
Truth
What about the 7 years war?
The people moat responsible for creating the conditions of WW2 werr the British & French Prime Ministers. Without the revenge & suffering it was designed by them to inflict (esp economically) by those two men, the desperate situation leading to the rise of Hitler wouldn't have been created.
That is an example of the cost of resentment.
"This is not a peacetreaty but a 20 year ceasefire"- Marshal Ferdinand Foch when he saw the Treaty of Versailles
Holy shit he exactly predicted the world war two that begun in 1939, Which was 20 years later after 1919
kingnikolaj damn he must be psychic or somerhing
He also said airplanes were good for sport but not for war. hehe
Because Ferdinand Foch wanted to crush Germany by dividing her so she couldn't rebuild herself
Jin Jin the war ended in late 1918 but the the treaty was signed in 1919
Not all german colonies went to the U.K and France though, Japan also got a few.
Jegria I think the US also got the Northern Marianas.
Japan got the Northern Marianas and the US took them in WWII
Andrei Enache, Japan was given a League of Nations Class C mandate to govern Northern Marianas.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands
The people of the Northern Mariana Islands decided in the 1970s not to seek independence, but instead to forge closer links with the United States. Negotiations for commonwealth status began in 1972 and a covenant to establish a commonwealth in political union with the United States[13] was approved in a 1975 referendum. A new government and constitution came into effect in 1978 after being approved in a 1977 referendum. The United Nations approved this arrangement pursuant to Security Council Resolution 683.
Fan fact: Hitler wanted to become an artist but the art school regected his request so if Hitler became an artist maybe WW2 would never happen (at least not at 1940 I guess)
Xmodgamer 26 blame the school then
But then germany will suffer because of the stupid treaty
At 1940 ? It started at 39
@@hartoboi2544 Germany lost way more land after ww2
@@nieboniebieskie3502 hes talking about alternative history
this treaty was so harsh and unfair to germany because france wanted to take his revenge on germany for the 1870 prussian war humiliation...
karim ganne What is unfair in taking back your land and asking for reparations when you land was turned into a wasteland ( still inhabitable to this day in case you wonder ).
Porte-Feu I’d say it’s unfair making Germany pay 800 billion dollars (adjusted for inflation) for a war THAT SERBIA STARTED! If anything they should have had to pay for the war. Just because they were on the winning side doesn’t absolve them of blame.
Elasass lothringen haha
Was First france in 1891 and before that it was german and now you know which lands it was
@@Porte-Feu you realize that the debt france had to pay for the 1870 war was paid off in 5 years correct. Germany's debt was later cut in half and it took them until 2010 to pay off that half of the debt.
@@0msreactiontime Aslace-Lorraine**
coffin dance music begins to play for France.
Alsace-Lorraine was returned to France in 1918.
Wars will never end greed, religion, politics.
Religion sucks. Jesus died to free us from religion, and from our sins! Jesus loves you!!!
"What do you mean we treated Germany unfairly?! They deserved and we totally didn't indirectly start WW2 with this treaty!"
FastenTheFalafels are you dumb
the German Kaiser HRE It was a joke
FastenTheFalafels Dude you are obviously pro-Germany from the beginning. Of course Germany wasn't responsible alone for WWI but they sure were the only Nation to attack france on their own soil. You also seem to forget that almost all the fighting on the western front was in France. Whole regions were destroyed, the industry crippled and millions of french were killed (they had the most casualties of the western countries) and on top of that, Germany did the same with france in 1870. It was easy for countries like England or the US to say "oh hey don't be so mad at Germany let's not punish them too much" when they weren't really involved other than with combat troops. From this standpoint, I think it's pretty understandable and justified that France was pissed.
SWAGDOLF SHITLER except Germany had virtually no intrest in French territory. And Germany didn't destroy those areas the British did with their creeping barrages to oust the germans.
Fredrik Dunge Both sides exchanged an equal amount of Artillery fire as a direct result of germany attacking France.
For germany to take all the blame for ww1 seems unfair it was serbia and austrio hungary that started this war and dragged everyone else in through aliances
i agree that Austria Hungary played a major part but blaming Serbia is way out of line they were given a ridiculous ultimatum they would basically be Austria's vassal
The Treaty of Versaille was only about Germany. Austria and Hungary were punished in another treaty, so was the Ottoman Empire.
Alex Ardiles Austria dragged no
one in, Germany "forced" Austria to declare war and Austria also wanted to end the war in 1916 but Germany said no
Alex Ardiles Nearly everyone wanted war
Franz Ferdinand actually wants good terms with the serbs unlike the others. So Principe made a big mistake.
Blame it all on Principe.
You should read about the balfour deklaration which you totally missed in your little video. a very important Dokument which was also part of those meetings in France and make u understand a lot of what and why WW1 happened. I also recommend u to listen to the Benjamin Freedman speech...
So i'm french and i totally agree that it was kinda harsh and unfair. But still, i remember that Germany commited several massacre in the territory of our neighbor and ally, Belgium, despite they're neutrality! So maybe it wasn't really SO unfair? I don't know...
This treaty was far too lenient.
Look how european nations treated France in 1815. And compare how France treated AH and Germany in 1919. Its a shame what french revanchism, hatred and bloodlust has done to not only germany but other european countries as well.
yeah not so harsh shoudl we give some stuff to belgium swiss get some italy germany takes some england takes some spain takes some and you don´t have an millitary you can´t have navy you can´t have airforce and you have to pay forever to give us youre moiney
So basically there has only been a ww1 but part 1 & part 2 ha! Thanks “treaty of Versailles”
I'm coolin in history
Also Germany's Asian colonies were given to Japan
As well as Micronesia. NZ/ Britain gained Samoa, Australia got north Papua the Solomans and he Bismark Archipelago
Not just Japan e.g. Australia has Papua New Guinea.
Correct
Japan should take the islands
They were invaded actually
France really dug their own grave.
Vladimir Lenin he is saying that what was decided on the treaty was what the uk wanted. Not what france or usa wanted
@@tiredtotality4145
He means that France pretty much caused WW2.
Which country is ocupied with US bases? Germany because it lost in the end. France was one of the winners.
@Marshall D. Dierte US lost the war? And german cars aren't cheap... what are you babbling about, dolt.
We just wanted Alsace-Lorraine back.
0:57
German: Waddup, can I party?
French: No bro, stay back.
German: Aight
*inner thoughts*
German: Just wait in 20 years.
😂😂😂😂
Peace Treaty?
more like War Treaty
lol right KIESER or in german emprire
"ENJOY WAR, BECAUSE PEASE WILL BE CRUEL" they said and it is true. Also after WO2 Germany was punished, Some coutries did the exact same disgusting things with german prissinors as the germans with the jews (for example). I don't believe totally revenche is a way to peace.
Serha7 have you seen the treaty of Brest litovsk lmao
@@bigv3182 well let me see the rusian can quep their navy and air force lost no colony and can have a merchant navy, so far les.
It's sad that Germany had to take all the blame for the war when Serba started the war by assassinating the second in line for the Austrian throne
You can say it but the assasination was from a serb in bosnia but not from the serbien government and they sayd to the Ultimatum that they can except most of it but territorial gains for austria can't they except
@@0msreactiontime no they didn´t accept that austrian police is in serbia
Germany took all the blame because Germany took all the lives.. it's not Serbia that caused the war to turn into a world war its Germany
@@estebanod Germany did kill a lot of people, but so did Russia, France, Uk, Austro Hungary etc and so singling them out is kind of unfair. Plus everyone was responsible for the war becoming a world war.
@@estebanod false
Welcome to our World...
Where a Peace Treaty triggers the Greatest War ever...
Ausium You want to send this message to who? There are no other world except us. At least not yet.
It was no peace treaty. It was a war treaty !
@@darnit1944 Do you understand what a joke is bud? :D
You taught me more in 5 minutes than my teachers could explain in (I am not joking) 200 slides.
facts
Same.. except it was over an entire term of school
dude share the slides im failing 😭
G- guilt (take the blame)
A- army restrictions
R- reparations
G- German territory
LE- league of nations (unable to join)
~GARGLE!
* this helped me, so feel free to use this if it helps :)
thank u so much
That’s really helpful thanks!!
We used LAMB, though it was simpler it helped me a lot.
L-Land Loss
A-Army restrictions
M-Money
B-Blame
oooh interesting! we used BRAT:
B - Germany took the blame
R - Germany had to pay reparations for the damage caused by WW1
A - Germany was forced to weaken their army
T - Germany lost territory and colonies
Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia! Who's fault was it?
Germany!
THIS IS NONSENSE
Austria-Hungary has been dissolved, because the King leaved and all the countries in the Empire got their independence. You can't punish someone who died. Same for the Ottoman Empire, France and Great-britain got pieces of their territories and the country has been dissolved.
Günni gönnt sich well austria Hungary had to fair worse because it was completely partitioned unlike Germany..................
You do know that Germany convinced Austria to start the war plus Germany was leading the attacks in ww1
Paula Mammone the Germans acquired land in the west and then their were only defending
Paula Mammone As one politican said "learn history"! This time: "Outbreak of the great war".
Germany:*signs Treaty of Versailles*
Treaty of Versailles: I’m going to embarrass this country’s whole history
Hitler: I’m gonna stop you there.
Help cause world war 2?
That was the biggest reason for ww2
Not the single biggest. There were a lot of causes for the rise o Nazism and WWII. One of those is the 1929 economic crisis or the the political instability by the loss of the monarchy or the flawed Weimar constitution.
The example that the rise of fascism in Italy set, the constant border clashes with Poland in the East, the impressions of the Russian civil war, the red terror and the resulting refugee wave.
Yeah and why was Germany in such a crisis?
Because they needed to lent money from the US to pay their debts
But the US had a enconomy crash, germany couldnt lent money
Bam inflation.
Also the German High Command and Public wanted to avenge the humiliation of that treaty imposed upon them as they never got over that until the fall of Paris in 1940 as it was still psychologically in their minds especially Hitler personally.
Jan Winterhalter As is the case with WW2 blaming one single factor for the entire war would be a rather port historical analysis. Revanchism for the humiliation after WW1, was of course one of the biggest factors that sparked the war, but also ideological goal were pursued: "Liberation" from what Hitler saw as land controlled by the Jews and the subsequent extermination of the so called "Jewish conspirators" and the establishment of an Aryan Europe. As well as the acquisition of Lebensraum (space for settlement) in the East and fear of communist aggression, which in the end prompted the failed Operation Babarossa.
Yeah but the main reason the Puplic was on hitlers side, was the treaty
Because it not only humiliated the germans but also threw germany into an incredible poorness
And that the French occupied the Rhineland, stole the factorys and Resources and killed over 120 civilians didnt really help the democrats
the most stupid treaty of all time
well, google the treaty of Brest-Litovsk germany made russia sign it and its even worse
Pearl Lily Stfu
Very much so.
Germany did the same in the Franco-Prussian war.
French Wine actually the Franco Prussian war was fairly lenient Bismark didn't even want to take else and lothrimgen because he feared it may lead to a permanent rivalry with france. The king pushed it though saying they could not unite Germany whilem leving these German majority areas in French rule.
I wish you went more indepth with how Germany responded to the treaty
You will see this in further Weimar Republic videos
Luke i
Luke the answer is hiter's rise and great depression and more
It was unfair lose Population the solider who fight in the war were young people and much of them died or can't work because of the injures don't have enough money to really pay the reparations and germany must except it if they didn't they would be full invaded
@@0msreactiontime germans deserve that
WW1 was not Germany’s fault.
*change my mind*
No need to do so, Christopher Clark has proven that it was the fault of all the powers combined. Putting them in a line, Germany would end up somewhere in the middle.
germany wanted a war the most. they backed austria hungary when austria was making demands to serbia. Austria was not going to send demands to serbia if germany had not gave its full support to austria. germany delcared war on russia, and france, then brought britain into the war by invading neutral countries.
i agree because it is serbia's fault cause they assisinated the Arch-Duke of Austria-Hungary
Not directly but they played a major role. Their aggression in foreign policy led the like of Russia and Britain to ally with France due to fear of conflict with the advancdd German military. These alliances would turn a conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia into a Continental and World War
@@decoture9978 they only declared war after they asked russia and france to stop mobilizing and they did not respond
Can you go over what the Treaty of Versailles meant for the Ottomans and Austro-Hungarians?
Versailles was for Germany. For now look up these treaties for the other Central Powers to see how they were punished:
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine
Treaty of Trianon
The Treaty of Sèvres
Dynamitrix 100 they were dismantled
Dynamitrix 100 Don't forget Bulgaria lol
The Hungarian and Turkish treaty was interesting and much more unfair, 70% of Hungary was given to other countries (still this day), but Turkey fought against it and won against its enemies so it could keep many of its land not like Hungary where the idiotic regime dissolved the strong Hungarian army, then came the jewish-communist regime.
Picenum that's the reason that hungria was allie of germany during ww2
germany also, had to give belgium Eupen and malmedy.
craftesien belgium was invaded during the war, and retaken, so it wasnt a part of the treaty
Yes it was , First, go check it , it said that germany had to give Belgium Eupen and Malmedy, and second part , you don't know the first ww1 because belgium wasn't entierely annexed , remember Ypres ? It was still under belgian control !
craftesien and Rwanda-urnudi as colonies
@@victorates965 it still took german land that was 100% german like Danzig or Rheinland
WW2
England: But the treaty of Versailles!
Germany: BuT ThE TrEAtY Of VeRsAiLlEs!
WW1: "ends"
"20 years later"
Hitler: lmao it's rewind time
Poland: Exists
Hitler: I’m gonna end this mans whole career
@@mooiemooface1550 poland occupying east silesia and agering germans more be like
POV: You’re In high school.
And the treaty didn’t mention Austria-Hungary? Who actually started the war?
Ryan de Bruin A different treaty addressed Austria-Hungary, called the treaty of Trianon.
And the Treaty of Saint Germain en Laye for the Austrian half. The treaty of Trianon dealt with the Hungarian half of the empire.
Austria-Hungary lost way more land from the first world war, austria and hungary became their own country and slovakia, czechrepublic, slovania and a bit of poland i do beleive was created from Austria-Hungary
Serbia did or at least their rebel black hand gang
france and britain started ww2 with that treaty
but it wasn't too late but next treaty Munich Agreement was last treaty what can prevent ww2 if its not hapend after that was too late
MarkoGames99 and to be honest... not only with germany but with Italy as they gave them less terittory than promised .Also usa got very little after the war too
@@georgemakrov6174 well deutschland pizza and burger must start ww2!
Simple history literally taught me what took my teacher 3 months to teach in less than 2 minutes,that’s dedication right there
They got blamed for the war but Austria-Hungary and Serbia started it
Italy felt betrayed as-well. Where was the Empire the allies had promised? It became that bit easier for Benito Mussolini to take over in 1922.
Morale: Never trust an englishman.
"No Treaty of Peace Shall Be Held Valid in Which There Is Tacitly Reserved Matter for a Future War"
- Philosopher Immanuel Kant, 1795
Willson was right...
A lot of things could be said about Woodrow Wilson I’m personally not his biggest fan, but I think WWII might have just been prevented if his idea were heard out.
It's true.
But that's easier said than done when country wasn't ravaged, and you have relatively low war losses.
Losing the colonies and restrictions on the military much like the end of WW2 probably would have been stomached.
Or even better, had he shut his mouth, France would have done what they wanted. Basically wha tthe US has done after WW2 anyway.
Absolutely amazing video as usual! I watch lots of your videos and they really help me get better at my history GCSE so thankyou so very much :)
Germany did help his ally. Austria-Hungary who started the war! by declaring war against Serbia
mc bleac Serbia did it because Serbia people assassination franz Ferdinand so the central power didn't have to be blamed for everything it was Serbia fault
nope, germanys obviously the one to blame
@@decoture9978 damm i forgot about this comment, lmao
@@yowhatups3042its the black hand who did it
And his ally paid. A much more harsh treaty
Sucks that Germany was blamed
SUMMARY OF PART ONE AND TWO
The Treaty of Versailles, What Did the Big Three Want? (Video detailed summary)
(part one)
* World War I officially came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919.
* 32 countries had come together in Paris in January 1919 to hold a conference which would make peace after the First World War.
* It would be dominated by the big three:
* David Lloyd George representing Britain;
* Georges Clemenceau representing France;
* Woodrow Wilson representing the USA.
* Germany was not invited.
* The Big Three wanted different things for Germany and disagreed on how harshly they were to be punished reflecting how their countries were treated in the war.
* They had to negotiate with each other until there was a compromise.
* This was difficult because Wilson was opposed to harsh punishment for Germany.
* The USA had not been involved in the war as long as Britain and France and had not received as much damage. He wanted to prevent another world war by creating the league of nations based on his fourteen points to ensure Germany would not be destroyed and that Germany shouldn't be blamed for the war.
* Clemenceau (france) aims were the harshest of the three -- representing the damage Germany had done to France's land and people and its threatening proximity. He wanted revenge and to punish Germany to return Alsace Lorraine to France, an independent Rhineland, no league of nations, Germany to pay huge reparations for the damage and losses caused, the disbandment of the German Army so that Germany would never be strong enough to attack France again.
* Lloyd George (Britain) was an in-between. This reflected Britain which had little land damage, but high war losses. He wanted a punishment that would be tough enough to please those who wanted to make Germany pay, but would leave Germany strong enough to still trade land for Britain's Empire to safeguard Britain's naval supremacy.
* When the Treaty of Versailles was ready, Germany was shown the document, but there was no negotiation, their rebuttal ignored.
* On 28th June 1919 the Delegates met at the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles near Paris and forced two German representatives to sign it.
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The Treaty of Versailles, Terms of the Treaty (Video detailed summary)
(part two)
* The terms of the Treaty of versailles can be divided into three groups
* Territorial, military, financial and economic
* Here are some of the territorial terms
* Lorraine was returned to france
* Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria lands in East Germany Including the farmlands of Posen and the polish corridor between East Germany and East prussia were given to poland
* The Saar Which Had rich coal fields were given to France for 15 years
* All Germany's colonies were taken and given to France and britain as mandates
* Here are some of the military terms
* The German army was restricted to only 100,000 men. The Navy could now only have six battleships and no submarines and there was to be no air force allowed
* The Rhineland was demilitarized this meant the German army could not go to this area between France and Germany
* For the financial and economic terms
* Germany would have to pay reparations which would eventually be set at an enormous 132 Billion Gold marks on top of this germany was not allowed to join the league of nations and had to accept responsibility for causing all the damage and Loss by the war
* Overall the Treaty of versailles was unpopular with Germany and its creators
* Its terms would go on to be reversed by Germany in both secret and in the open by Hitler and help cause world war two
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Thanks Simple History has come quite a way since 2013. That's interesting that you found the Blitz video the most immersive. Because of the nature of the Blitz bringing the war to the homefront in which civilians experienced it on their doorstep, the directness to the viewer in the video worked quite well I think. For narration, I like to have a variety of voices to suit different types of history. :)
Why did you split such a short video? It is annoying.
1:29 Can’t say I blame Hitler, no wonder people initially loved him. Even many foreigners respected him before he turned belligerent.
So we have to blame France for WW2?
It was germany who did ww2
@@rosethevampire5564 but the france accidently started it
@@NguyenHoangLongA-wp2od false and it lacks context
Germany was untreated fairly after ww1 and then ww2
untreated fairly? idk what that means. are you saying germany was treated fairly after the wars or treated unfairly?
Germany in ww2 killed a lot of ppl thats a war crime took over countries tried to take over ussr but that failed
Hmm why is everyone saying gibberish in the comments
Real thing:the cause of WW2 cuz of treaty of versailess
Because it was too lenient yeah.
Who came here for history class
Me
poor Germany
Yeah poor Germany for being punished for the war that they started in the first place.
@@arnold3768 serbia started ww1 by killing the archduke of Austria, and Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia in retaliation.
@@arnold3768 Germany DIDN'T Start WW1, She Was Only Defending Herself From Russia And To A Lesser Extent France. Germany DIDN'T Give Austria A Blank Check, They Only Supported Austrian Goals To Prosecute Those Involved In The Criminal Conspiracy To Assassinate Franz Ferdinand. And NO More. Compare That To France Who Gave A Blank Check To Russia, To Do WHAT EVER They WANTED. As A Result The Bear Provoked Germany And Austria Into War, Because They (Russia, And France) Wanted To Dismember Those Countries.
WWI and WWII were caused by a lack of empathy. The inability to place ones-self in your opponent's point of view is ultimately a detriment to that country. Serbia was unwilling to give reasonable demands to Austria, Austria was unrealistic in its expectations for justice, Germany egged on Austria, Russia egged on Serbia, France for patronizing Germany, and Britain tried to look neutral despite a protectorate alliance with France. They all got a world of stupid from being stupid.
US's participation in WWI was all but certain with the blockade and debt incurred to the British/Allies. Think of all the money that was lent, do you really think the US wasn't going to go to war with all that debt at stake.
Then all ridiculous killing and finger-pointing. In the end, the politicians were reflecting the sentiment of their people, which was essentially anger. They should of all just realized how stupid they were and went about trying to rebuild their lives. But nope, need to blame something or someone for all this death and despair. It must be the losers of the war that are at fault.
Treaty of versailles was a crime
I'm honestly shocked you didn't mention Hyperinflation.
KGBeast Simple history has said in anothet comment that they're going to make videos on the Weimar Republic
that happened after the treaty was signed. it was caused by the treaty because germany couldnt keep up with reparations so france invaded the rhur and then the german government printed more money which in turn caused hyperinflation. so it isnt really for this video
It were printed to pay the workers because they say that they shouldn't work
@@pearllily3974 They printed that money to pay the workers of the rhur while demanding them to stay on strike against the french. Self inflicted wound.
0:38 that person had no legs
lol you're right
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This is why u dont be harsh ob other major players cuz u will gwt rekt in the next war
I think we can learn something from this, hardships can be overcomed and forgotten possibly, but insults are not. Germany was crushed and humiliated which is why it rose back in just 3 decades to swallow France entirely. After WW2 the USA efficiently funded for the reconstruction of the FDR, even though Germany lost more than 10% of her lands it was not humiliated and today Germany is an exemplary state.
Second interpretation:
France wanted to cut Germany in 2 and occupy it ad vitam.
The US finally did it after WW2, and today Germany is an exemplary state.
No wonder France got rekt in WW2
Allies:
Treaty of Versallies:
Task failed succesfuly.
Allies: Demands 132 Billion Gold Marks
Me an intellectual: Pays 132 Billion Gold Marks during hyperinflation
I told my history teacher about this channel and now I have to watch these
One such treaty brought a ceasefire to continue a greater war. Good job France.
Germany declared war on France stupid !
Lionel Messi Germany did never declared war on France in WW2,France and Britain did.By the way in WW1 even if Germany didn’t declare war on France,France would do anyways.
The treaty of Versailles was so unfair.
"Overall the Treaty was unpopular with Germans". I wonder why!
And that's why Germany took it heavily on France.
actually the germans treated the russians/soviets waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay harsher
Careful people, the comment section is full of americans opinions, do not stay too long or your brain will suffer serious damage.
Interesting fact: The WWI reparation took Germany 92 years (from 1918 to 2010) to pay the full amount of it.
It was France and England that started WW2 because of their treaty so what if Poland starts WW3 in Europe your gonna go running at Germany for starting that war that wasn’t involved in AT ALL
Some Austrian Painter : I’m about to end this Man’s career
Denied the cost of creating and maintaining an army of six million and a navy of three hundred ships, Germany had plenty with which to rebuild the homes, churches, factorys, ports, railways, farms, flooded fields and ruined crops, their desire for European dominance had destroyed. They fought on Belgium, France and financed war by Austro Hungry, Turkey, Irish Republicans, and in Africa. A war of attrition, hunger and disease. A war destroying cities, bridges, boats, irrigation, and twelve million working animals.
The army the Germans were saved from having to support needed a further six million workers supplying services and material. If they all were employed in rebuilding the people they murdered and stole from, it might take ten years of war free life. Then back to bombast.
Germany didn't deserved by Austro-Hungary and Ottoman Empire deserved it
Oh yeah becase Allies are completly innocent right? Yeah. Victors justice really should be banned all across the globe.
They literally had other treaties.
Treaty of Trianon (Hungary)
Treaty of Saint-German (Austria)
Treaty of Sèvres (Ottomans. Later revised by the Treaty of Lausanne)
People blame Germany for world war 2 and it is true but the cause is the first war.So everybody can blame Austria Hungry for the first war
*not unite with austria*
*hehe*
anyone else doing this for homeschool rn?
Germany was not blameless. It had violated the neutrality of Belgium which had been guaranteed by international treaty. But the reparations were disastrous and destroyed Germany's currency. Only way Germany could pay was to print money. Sound familiar?
This treaty is a perfect lesson for those who try to undermine someone who is potentially capable but temporarily weakened.....
modal kaise banay bana ke bata na yar aja hi kal modal jama karna hai
German soldier: *walks normally*
French soldier: non
German soldier : *yeeeet*
Wait didn’t the start of the war, start when Austria declared war in Serbia, so why was Germany getting all the blame of starting the war?
What would happen if the Treaty of Versailles was not agreed and signed? How would the countries who were at war that time responded and took action?
If you were to rewrite the Treaty, how would you consider things? Any thoughts?
I really like the fitting music for the devasting times for Germany
Many people: Germany suffered the most from the Treaty of Versailles
Meanwhile in Hungary: *Am I a joke to you?*
In all seriousness (and I have a feeling that it's going to be an unpopular opinion), but parts of the territorial losses imposed on Hungary by the Treaty of Trianon was fair. Put down the torches. Hear me out. As a country who was on the loser side, Hungary would lose territory anyway, and not all had hungarian majority. BUT, the fact that the allies (mainly looking at you, France) gave territories to neighbouring countries where hungarians were in a majority, now that was unfair. Also unfair that in areas where it was unclear who was in a majority, the allies didn't initiate a referendum. It was only done in the case of Sopron, and Sopron voted to remain in Hungary.
Ww2 was France and the British
Fault
Asking for reparations is very rich coming from UK
France was ruthless in all this
And they did back in 1870.
@@ZenBallMaster42 we atleast did´t take land that were french elaß was german for far longer than france
A cornered jackal is the most dangerous animal... for Germany they have nothing more to lose after this atrocious treaty, especially when they are made to be the only one to bite the bullet.
IT IS FRANCES,USA AND UK WHO MADE WWII BEGIN
The war was caused by the death of the Austrio-Hungarian emperor at the hands of Serbians. Yet it was the defeated that took the blame. Germany wasn't treated horribly for its damage dealt during the war, but for losing the war itself.
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US:So uh guys let's just give em a small puni-
France: N o
Austria-Hungary should blame too because the two nations left Germany framed to be blame
Austria-Hungary has been dissolved, because the King leaved and all the countries in the Empire got their independence. You can't punish someone who died. Same for the Ottoman Empire, France and Great-britain got pieces of their territories and the country has been dissolved.
"Learn history"! Google yourself the treaties of St. Germain (Austria) ("and the remains are Austria") and Trianon (Hungarian) (loosing hugh land)! Also "unfair" treaties. If France was treated like this after the napolnian wars, there wouldn't be a french nation today!
I blame the Allies for WW2. Britian and France may act like they are the good guys, but both were hoping to ensure and secure their own domination over their empires and ensure the status quo was not challenged again by Germany. The treaty itself shows their true intentions.
Uk and fracne lost more ppl in gas by germans siolders...😢😢
Versaille was not what France wanted. France wanted to cut Germany in two and occupy it ad vitam. Basically what the US finally did after WW2.
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All the more reason to see it both cases as a means of power projection than any illusion of maintaining peace and good will.
@@DarkArtistKaiser what france wanted to do was what works. Wilson method, and the versaille compromise, were wishfull thinking.
0:58 "ill jst go over he-- nope"
*Germany gets blamed*
Siberia:
"Act natural no one will notice"
😆
Imagine being forced to pay reparations for something your ancestors are accused of doing 600 years ago...
A treaty that had no impact what's so ever
Just because Germany fought tough but it doesn't mean they started the war in my opinion ither Austria-Hungary or if he didn't die Garvilo Princip he started it and Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia