Consequences of the Versailles Settlement

Japan’s proposed racial equality clause at the Paris Peace Conference was rejected, and it also expected a greater share of territory from the Treaty
Italy wanted port of Fiume and greater share of lost colonies from Germany and Turkey
Germany was devastated by Treaty of Versailles and was extremely dissatisfied

Despite the weakening of Germany from the Treaty of Versailles, Germany still had a good amount of resources that could be used for war
The Treaty failed to disable Germany into regrowing into a European power
Germany was very dissatisfied, and wanted revenge
Therefore, Germany’s likeliness to start war was threatening

The British were initially happy with the harshness of the Treaty
The British began to doubt the fairness of the Treaty and empathise with the Germans
By 1930s, British people believed Treaty was too harsh, and British politicians wanted to assist with a diplomatic alteration of the Treaty
The French still believed that the Treaty was not harsh enough
However, after Hitler announced his desire to overturn the Treaty, the French acted to side with the British as they believed they were not strong enough to stand against Germany on their own

East Prussia was separated from the main German territory by the Polish Corridor
Predominantly German population in Danzig administered by League
Large amount of Germans in Sudetenland ruled by Czechoslovakia