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Old 02-28-2011, 05:59 PM   #106 (permalink)
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It's funny, most of the events that allowed the rise of fascism in Germany and WWII happened after WWI ended. The Treaty of Versailles was so haphazardly enforced that it was violated numerous times by Germany without consequence, not to mention the absolute idiocy of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, the Munich Agreement, and numerous concessions by the Allies. Suffice it to say that Neville Chamberlain was one of the worst Prime Minsters the UK has ever had.
I find post WW1 more interesting than WW1 itself. The Treaty of Versailles had some ridiculous consequences for Germany, and ultimately was a big reason for WW2.

At least everybody in Germany became super rich though!
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