Human Suffering in Europe

Question : Discuss about the Human Suffering in Europe ? Answer : Introduction World War 1 is commonly known of its unprecedented events of human suffering in Europe. Hence, the whole societies existing in Europe were either affected directly or indirectly by the war. It is estimated that a total of 8 million soldiers were killed during the war (Steiner, 2007). Not only did the war affect soldiers but it also affected civilians who resided in European States. To end this war the treaty of Versailles was done to at least try and end the war. But, based on our readings we observe that the treaty failed to satisfy anyone which led to another war. Hence, we will be explaining reasons as to why the peace wasnt attained after World War 1. The issue of poor enforcement mechanisms and lack of willingness of the allied powers serves as a reason behind the failure of world peace after World War 1. From the article provided there were many terms developed but the issue as to why it never succeeded is because of poor implementation. Take the case of President Woodrow Wilson he stipulated that there will be (1) no secret treaties (2) countries should reduce their weapons and armed forces (3) all countries should belong to League of Nations (Steiner, 2007). First, Germany violated the treaty as a result of its weakness severally and allied nations had nothing else to do but prevent them from doing so. Some of the violations done by Germany include annexing Australia in the Anschluss, reoccupation of demilitarized zone in Rhineland and rebuilding the armed forces. During Germans rise Britain and France were busy recovering there economy and never paid much attention on Germany which affected world peace after World War 1. During the treaty initiation there were controversial features which led which were opposed internationally. For instance, we see Russia being excluded from the peace conference and they had allied with other nations in the war (Andelman, 2009). Hence, ignoring Russia was a sign of weakness of world peace which could have served as a catalysts for the failure. Therefore, Russia dissatisfaction and the treaty in hand to solve the issue of war could not win support from most nations. Based on our readings, the meanings and statements signed in the treaty were harsh for Germany to implement. For instance, the treaty demanded Germany to accept responsibility of escalating World War 1, hence they were forced to pay a large amount of repetition. Failure to establish a declaration to make world peace attained easily means much pressure was given to Germany resulting to peace ineffectiveness (Andelman, 2009). Therefore, if much consideration was taken during the process of implementation and enforcement during the treaty by the member states, then world peace could have been attained easily after the war. After the treaty, it is perceived instead of a country like Japan and Italy to solve the war. They decided to team up with Germany thinking that they would benefit from the war (Steiner, 2007). This dissolved the issue of world peace and led to German being more powerful and succeeding in creating another war. In conclusion, it is definite that the achievement of world peace after World War 1 wasnt achieved based on the above discussion. If only during the treaty in-depth negotiations were enhanced by the participating parties then the war level could have reduced and world peace could have been achieved after signing of the treaty. References Andelman, D. A. (2009).A shattered peace: Versailles 1919 and the price we pay today. John Wiley Sons. Steiner, Z. S. (2007).The lights that failed: European international history, 1919-1933. Oxford University Press.