Paris Peace Conference - 1919

The 6 months from the end of WWI to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles

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Education

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• Versailles
• Paris
• Peace
• War

[Antiquark1]

always the winner makes history

[Trajan1013]

It was handled poorly the revenge idea by the French was stupid and paved the way for WWII. What should have been done was allow Germany to have an industrial complex but have it monitored by at that time was league of nations. Mr George had the right idea. As many times as we want it revenge is never the answer be it personal or nationally, we may want to kill Osama for what he did to NYC but the best way to beat him is to educate the people around him.

[Lintflas]

Actually this was not a peace conference, but the worst treaty ever made in history and the cause for WW2.

[DaMerman58]

A year later Trajan... No, I think the best way to beat Osama was to kill him, seemed to work pretty well.

[Hippophilee]

It's too easy to blame "Versailles". The main cause for WW2 were:

- The frustrated desire of the German military top brass (Ludendorff and others) to prepare another war and achieve success, this time with Russian backing.

- US isolationism. The world's rising superpower retiring from the scene and not assuming its responsibilities... after having negociated a complex treaty.

It was normal that Germany, which had declared the war and destroyed entire regions, was required to pay.

[Razz000]

god damn we are a shitty race a lot of the time that's the human race people

[bbphnix]

that Lloyd Geroge fellow on the other hand … i like him! he was smart and practical

as for Clemenceau: I would argue he's as responsible for wwii as hitler himself! rat-bastard! you can't take a revenge on an entire mutherfucking country! piece of shit stain on french history!

[bbphnix]

He denied the equality point to the Japanese they left the League of nation and broke all hell on asia and the us;

not saying what the japanese did was right, they were idiots; but wilson's 14 points only offered a new morality as long they didn't jeopardize him politically in his native country! in other words there should have been a 15th point about races if it was a serious attempt at reform; but it wasn't because Wilson was, not a savior, but a politician!

[bbphnix]

Wilson seemed like a nice chap but don't forget we're talking about the USA... the racism in the US in those days was unimaginable;

indirectly, it was that racism that would lead to Japan going head to head with the US; the japanese demanded from Wilson that all races be recognized as equals (they had in mind, japanese being considered equal to european; Wilson took it as africans being equal to white men and that was a no-no for an american; well it was probably a no-no for the europeans too)

[bbphnix]

@Trajan1013 the better idea was not to have a fucking war in the first place…. colonial rivalry, each country wanted to expand their colonies and when the whole world was in their possession, they could only get other colonies at the expense of other european powers! and to their expenses they pushed it! they should never have started a colonial empire and guarded them with such ferocity; instead they should have shared the common european resources; this is why i am a fan of the EU

[Helsinkisillest]

@Antiquark1 How cliché