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WW2 hypothesis - if France And England weren't so timid, wimpy and scared of Hitler... [34]
If France And England werent so timid, wimpy and scared of hitler...pbs.org/greatwar/resources/casdeath_pop.html
Look at the casualties the British and French suffered. You can see that an entire generation was decimated. The loss of wealth, property and lives led to to a complete aversion to war and led to the most respectable avenue from it: diplomacy.
Germans wanted war
All Germans? No, they did not.
the official version was that Versailles was unfair
Versailles was botched badly. Many in the general population felt that Germany had been "stabbed in the back" by the "November criminals".
The most humiliating portion of the Versailles for Germany was Article 231, or known by it's better name the "War Guilt Clause," forced the German nation to accept complete responsibility for initiating World War I.
Therefore, Germany was liable for all damages. Georges Clemenceau, France's premier, was at the forefront of the group who insisted on imposing an unrealistic level reparation payments.
Aware that Germany would probably not be able to pay such a enormous debt, Clemenceau and the French feared German revenge. So, the French sought in Versailles to limit Germany's potential to regain its economic and military superiority.
superior and undefeatable his nation is, when they lost WW1
You mean like not being defeated on the battlefield? You mean marching back home arms in hand?
