World War II

After World War I, the Treaty of Versailles controlled and restricted various aspects of German social, economic, and political life. France, Great Britain, America and other allied powers were determined that the defeated Germany "would not soon be in a position to move aggressively against her neighbors" (Darendorf, p. 17). France, in particular, was determined to make Germany pay for the war. The Treaty of Versailles was designed to achieve this goal. Robbing Germany of her former colonies and large tracts of land throughout central Europe and placing harsh restrictions on German military forces, the Treaty of Versailles also established occupation of Germany by the allies for fifteen years. The German people, egged on by an ambitious an

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