ts from the Versailles Treaty that angered the German public was the placing of sole responsibility of the First World War on Germany. This was seen as unfair, and unjust because Germany did not start the war on her own. In accordance with the "war guilt clause," Germany accepted responsibility to compensate the Allies and their nationals for all the losses from the war imposed on them by the aggression of Germany and her allies. This provision was given consideration of Germany's capacity to pay, and the ultimate demand of the commission was for $33 billion, which was in Germany's ability to pay (Mitchner, Tuffs Global Forces of the 20th Century 25). Other points of the Versailles treaty also angered many Germans. Germany was only allowed to have 100 000 troops in her Army. This Army was to be used for police duties inside the country. The General Staff for the Military was dissolved, and the Fortifications 60km east of the Rhine River was to be disbanded, and made a demilitarized zone. Germany was not allowed to have an Air Force, and her navy was left with several out-dated ships and nothing else (Mitchner, Tuffs Century of Change 218).
             The Great Depression of the 1930's contributed to the start of World War II. This period lasted from 1929 throughout 1939 and was brought mainly by the First World War along with the terms of peace that ended it. Production after the First World War was very high and the economy was booming due to the extremely high demand of good and services (Esler 74). When the American stock market crashed in October of 1929, it took the economies of most ot the other nations with it. The terms of the Treaty of Versailles had already made an unbalance in Europe's economy by making Germany very poor and England and France rich due to war reparations. Unemployment in many countries reached 30-40 percent, and civil unrest and public disorder was rampant (Mitchner, Tuffs Century of Chan
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