The Treaty of Versailles was an infringement of Wilson’s standards. The Treaty is one of the most significant agreements, or disagreements, that molded the 20th century Europe generally and tangibly into what it was throughout history. On January 22, 1917, Woodrow Wilson, in a statement to the United States Senate mandated a peace without victors, but the Treaty signed by the partaking countries was everything except that. The liability of the war was positioned on Germany and vindicated the damages that were defined by the treaty for the war. The terms of the treaty were very punitive to the Germans and they ended up with a great resentment towards us. It was a delicate peace treaty that would be used as fuel to keep conflicts going on for even twenty years later.

When the particulars of the treaty were issued in June 1919 most Germans were highly dismayed. Germany had not been permitted to the Peace Conference and was also stated to agree to the terms or else there would be detrimental repercussions. Most Germans however, had assumed that the Treaty would be tolerant because of Wilson's Fourteen Points. …show more content…
The intercessors should have been able to set apart their detestation that was built up from preceding times in order to come up with a more appropriate and rational agreement. Rather than doing this, they cited the responsibility on the Germans by making them pay for damages they couldn't afford, insulting them with the allegation of guilt from the war and taking away their land. The treaty would only increase the hatred felt by all the parties involved in the treaty and intensify German patriotism. This was an unfortunate beginning for equality in Germany and for Wilson's New