Treaty of Versailles explained

 The Treaty of Versailles was a peace 'paper' that ended World War I in an official way, and it was signed in 1919 by the winners, Allied Powers (Entente), Britain, France, US, Italy, and others) and defeated Germany.

The treaty was very harsh on Germany. It forced Germany to:

• Pay a lot of money to the Allied Powers as reparations for the war
• Give up some of its land to other countries (some of the occupied land of course)
• Reduce the size of its army and navy. The army was reduced to 100'000 people!
• Accept responsibility for starting the war.

These harsh terms made many Germans angry and resentful. They felt that the treaty was unfair and that Germany had been punished too severley. This resentment'd later contribute to the rise of the Third Reich, and lead to World War II. But about that I'm gonna talk in another post, not this.

"Pay a lot of money" means that Germany had to give a large sum of money to Entente as a punishment for starting the war. This money was meant to make up for the damage the war had caused to the Allied countries. It was a very large amount of money, and it was difficult for Germany to pay it back. Due to that, Germany's economy has incredibly fallen down at the ground. As a result, Germany had hyperinflation in the early 1920s. This means that the value of the German currency (the mark) decreased rapidly. Prices for goods and services rose very quickly, and people lost their savings. This made it difficult for people to afford basic necessities like food and housing.

The hyperinflation crisis eventually led to political instability and the rise of the National Socialist Party. It promised to solve Germany's economic problems, and surprisingly, they were able to gain popular support by blaming the Treaty of Versailles for the country's difficulties. They ACTUALLY fixed the economic problems in Germany during the interbellic period and WWII.

Alsace Lorraine,This region was returned to France, which had lost it to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. France was actually angry for not having it during WWI..

Parts of Poland: Germany lost territories in the east, which were used to create the new Polish state.

Saarland: This region was placed under French admin for 15 years and then held a plebiscite to determine its future. It also became part of France.

Danzig, it and its surrounding territory became a free city under the League of Nations, but it was located within Germany's borders.

Memel,This region was transferred to Lithuania.

I'm surprised that they didn't expect any failure in the whole meaning of Versailles Treaty, because it was incredibly severe and Germans couldn't just let things flow like that.