HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Paris Peace Conference, 1919, Carthaginian Peace, Will Horton And Sonny Kiriakis
Document Summary
The paris peace conference, 1919 parts one and two. More radical nationalists began to spread notion that the germans hadn"t lost world war 1 on the field of battle. Been tricked into defeat - stabbed in the back, swindled into defeat. Compounded by the intensive campaign conducted on the day the peace was signed between victorious allies and germany - vindictive, harsh and punitive - myth of first world war - contributed to mindset which produced second ww. Hadn"t really been beaten - allies swindled germany - carthaginian peace if you want a punitive peace - march 1918 - vindictive germany robbing russia of population - genuinely carthaginian peace. 1919-1920 - allies let myth grow amongst germans. Treaty of versailles did represent a shortfall in terms of great promise of new diplomacy - contained in wilson"s 14 points. Early on as the ink was drying on the treaty - powerful critiques were penned on potential downfalls.
