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This 6 page paper sets forth some examples that argue in favor of the belief that World War I and World War II were in actuality the same conflict with a 20-year truce in the middle. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the halves. This paper sets forth some examples that argue in favor of this belief. Reparations Its "common wisdom" that the peace treaty that ended the First
World War is one of the things that led to the Second. The victors were not after peace alone, they wanted to punish Germany for having fought in the
first place; the war had "spread seeds of nationalism and revenge" (McCollum, 2003, p. 26). When the "Big Four" victors (France, Italy, the U.S. and Great Britain) met to
draw up the treaty, punishment was high on everyones list: "Aside from Wilson, Allied leaders wanted defeated Germany to pay a huge price for the conflict. French Premier Georges
Clemenceau pushed for bankrupting Germany, greatly reducing its territory, and crippling it militarily. British Prime Minster David Lloyd George was in no mood to be generous either. They must pay
to the uttermost farthing, and we shall search their pockets for it, he said" (McCollum, 2003, p. 26). Woodrow Wilson tried to get the others to see that such
demands were shortsighted, and would result only in angering Germany and increasing the bitterness it already felt (McCollum, 2003). But the treaty talks dragged on, and Wilson gradually began
to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than promoting lasting European stability, the harsh terms
of the armistice and the Carthaginian peace dictated by the Allies at Versailles sowed the seeds that brought about the Second World War two decades later" (Bassiouni, 2002, p. 244).
Winning at Peace A peace treaty cannot be said to be successful if it has no longevity; that is, if the signatories to the agreement soon find
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