History: Allied countries are just as much to blame for the outbreak of WWII (1939-1945) as Germany

This debate will focus on the fact that the allied countries are just as much to blame for the outbreak of war in 1939, I will argue the fact that countries, such as Britain, France, the US etc are just as much at blame as Germany is. My opening argument is going to focus heavily on the Treaty of Versailles (signed in 1919) and the effects it had on Germany: After WWI the victorious allies gathered in Versailles, France, in June 1919 and signed the Treaty of Versailles. This document was extremely long and more than anything was harsh on Germany. The reasons for the outbreak of WW1 are varied and can be argued but it can not be denied that the actions taken by the allies after the war was over had such a deep impact upon Germany that it directly correlated to Hitlers ability to gain the chancellorship 1933. It must be noted that the Treaty of Versailles was forced on Germany as they were not allowed to take part in the negotiations and were forced to sign it under threat of further warfare. This is partially why the terms were so harsh, but perhaps worst of all was the fact that Germany was forced to pay "6.6 billion in reparations to be paid over 66 years. In 1923, when Germany defaulted on one of the ridiculous payments, France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr ("the heart of the German economy"). This led to the workers of the area going on strike, however, the government supported them and continued to pay their wages. In this time the German economy spiralled out of control and in less than a year money in Germany was worthless, unemployment was at an all time high and poverty sky rocketed. This led to the German people turning to extremists parties such as the Nazis. And of course they would, in desperate situations people turn to desperate measures. Another term in the Treaty of Versailles was that Germany was to become a democratic country. The new system of proportional representation was soon introduced. This has been known as a perfect form of government -- on paper. In practice it was dysfunctional and led to many fledgling political parties such as the Nazis. With so many groups vieing for power and most claiming to represent the working class votes were spread and no party could gain a majority. This led to weak coalition governments in which decisions were slow and compromised. This was the opposite of what the German people were used to under the rule of the Kaiser who had made strong, reliable decisions quickly. The treaty also led to the destruction of the German military. The size of the army was reduced to 100,000 men, warships were given to the allies, the Rhineland was demilitarised, planes were banned as were submarines. This was of great annoyance to the German people who had a proud martial tradition and now were left with a mere police force in place of a once great military. The Weimar was unable to deal with all of this and the people felt stabbed in the back by their representatives. This is leaving out many of the other terms of the Treaty which I will speak about later. For now, to sum up, the events which took place after the Great War forced the German people to turn to extremists which would later lead to the outbreak of world war 2.