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Originally Posted by Crono
It's too bad that the Entente didn't realize that. But nooo... France had to get revenge on Germany. Stupid Versailles. WWII wouldn't have happened (well, in Europe anyway) if they had realized that.
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I assume you're talking about the Paris Peace Conferance held at the end of WWI, in which only 4 men from 4 countries held the fate of the world in their hands...But it wasnt just France, Great Britain also wanted revenge for the massive damage done to their navy by the Germans.
I agree, if it hadnt been for some very bad things that went down at that conference, and because of Versailles, WWII might not have begun.
When WWI ended, Germany was on her knees, and we kicked her again, and again, and again, and again. Im not totally against that, I mean, when you have someone down, beat the hell out of them so that dont get back up and slap you.
I blame two factions for WWII: Woodrow Wilson and the republican congress. When Wilson went to the peace conference, he brought along
only democrats to help him. At this time, congress consisted of almost entirely republicans. They resented Wilson for this act, and when he got back and asked them to join the newly crafted "League of Nations", they refused.
I blame Woodrow for taking only democrats (stupid move) and I blame the republican congress for voting so stupidly over a stupid grudge.
If America had been part of the League of Nations at that time, we could possibly have prevented Germany's rise to power in WWII, because no other nation in the League of Nations was strong enough military wise or economic wise, after the losses of WWI. But America was in the "roaring twenties" we had the power to stop germany, but we didnt. Had we been part of the League of Nations, things could have gone down differently.