Discussion Post
Welcome to Week Two. Let's start by looking at the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Did all the participants want such a harsh treaty? How do you think the treaty affected the average German?
Where did the makers of the Treaty of Versailles which ended World War I go wrong? As we will see, instead of creating any type of lasting peace, this treaty and its punitive provisions sowed the seeds for a much more devastating second world war. How also do you account for the failure of the League of Nations to keep the peace?