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Old 20-05-2004, 23:25   #5
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Re: world war II

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Originally Posted by Earl of Bronze
Personally I would say war was inevitable when the French imposed the Treaty of Versaille on Germany in 1919. Or perhaps I'm being rather harsh there????
You could argue that 1914-45 was one long war aimed at German domination of Europe with a 20 year peace in the middle. But you're right about Versailles. Maynard Keynes, in 1919 in his Economic Consequences of the Peace, foresaw the stupidity of the Versailles treaty.
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