Thank god you didn’t…

But all kidding aside. What do you think is the reason German was so harshly punished?

The treaty of Versailles is considered to be too harsh because Germany was being punished as if they were the sole instigator and agressor of WW1. In reality there were deeper causes for the outbreak of WW1 which includes many different European countries.

The reparations Germany had to pay as stated in the treaty of Versailles was a infeasible amount of money. This on top of Germany having to surrender (economically important) parts of land and the ‘great depression’ led to Germany going through an incredibly punishing time for the German people.