Due to the damages caused by World War I to the economies of the nations of the world, a strategy had to be developed to prevent such occurrences from happening again. The Treaty of Versailles was initiated in 1919 with the aim of avoiding another big war from happening. Unfortunately, the treaty failed to fulfill its functions with the occurrence of World War II.
The treaty ultimately failed to prevent another war from occurring. Typically, the primary reason behind the forming of the convention was to prevent another big war to exist. Frank (2010) indicates that the allies did not settle on how best they could treat Germany. Germany violated the treaty severally, and the allied nations did not make a move. The refusal to conform to the terms of reparations by Germany weakened the agreement a great deal. The treaty was characterized by harsh terms that were never attractive to the Central Powers. It made them give up on significant parts of their empire. It stipulated that the nations had to maintain a given ratio of military occupation, and it also put Germany to high debt. Out of these combinations, the Treaty of Versailles was handicapped which saw it fail.
The League of Nations was dwarfed by the lack of armed forces that could enforce its decrees. The Great Powers often proved reluctant to avail military support when needed. None of the member countries were in for the occurrence of another war and this they could only display by staying silent. They believed that sanctions could hurt the League members’ economy and thus were adamant. According to (Brower & Sanders (2014), when nations developed the appetite to expand, the League had no power to stop them. This gesture weakened the newly-formed League of Nations from preventing another world saga. The withdrawal of the axis power dealt a significant blow to the League and its failure to stop World War II lead to its collapse.
The failure of the Treaty of Versailles to satisfy its objectives in preventing another big war from happening was something that anyone could speculate. The terms set for Germany is something that today historians observe as lenient. Germany was given time to recover, and this culminated into a worse war that the world has ever experienced. The League of Nations needed to form its military base for its success to be long-term, like the United Nations.
References
Brower, D. R., & Sanders, T. (2014). The world in the twentieth century: From empires to nations. Boston, MA: Pearson.
Frank, S. (2010). Versailles Peace Treaty (1919). Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. doi:10.1093/law:epil/9780199231690/e