I wonder if the Democratic party scheduling South Carolina as the primary state to vote first is an attempt to favor a certain type of candidate? The plot thickens.....
I think the first 4 primaries should be American Samoa, Guam, the US Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands on 4 consecutive Tuesdays. That would make for some interesting campaign storylines.
There was a huge Transatlantic culture shock. Many of the European governments thought their debt would at least be reduced after the war, which the Americans had not considered. The US always paid its war debts.
Not to be the Versailles truther here, but had the treaty been enforced, German rearmament would have been impossible. I also reject the idea that it was unreasonably harsh.
The Franco-Prussian war was within living memory, and the damage to France and Belgium was truly catastrophic. Most of the fighting was outside of the Kaisserreich, so Germany was largely unscathed. The Wilhelmstraße, and Wilhelm II personally*, push the Austrians into a more bellicose stance. Germany ended the war with limited territorial concessions, while its major allies disintegrated.
*The Kaiser was mercurial. At times during the July Crisis he had a change of heart toward peace, but he was behind the “Blank Cheque,” a near unconditional statement that the German Empire pledged to back the Habsburg monarchy.
Germany took steps to circumvent its restrictions as soon as they were able. There had entered into a secret relationships with the USSR, flouting the treaty’s arms development and manufacturing restrictions by doing so within Russia, in the early ‘20s. Throughout the 1920s, the Weimar government was able to successfully negotiate expectations and loosen constraints.
Within the US and UK, there actually was a consensus that the financial reparations were excessive and there were restructurings. With the Depression, even the French were open to some modifications!
Versailles itself was an important factor in the Second World War, but less for its specific terms than what it symbolized. A significant portion of the German people, and veterans of the conflict, did not accept that they had lost the war. The rationalization was that as Armistice started, Germany still occupied foreign territory and still had millions under arms. The conspiracy theory - that the Heer was stabbed in the back by the
Jews and social democrats—the Dolchstoßlegende - was being cooked up before the smoke cleared. Erich Ludendorff was a major force behind this idea. This is actually a big part of the way the Allies in WWII required the Wehrmacht leadership, not just the civilian leadership, to sign the surrender instruments.
Mr. Crowley, what's it like in your head?
I wonder if the Democratic party scheduling South Carolina as the primary state to vote first is an attempt to favor a certain type of candidate? The plot thickens.....
I think the first 4 primaries should be American Samoa, Guam, the US Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands on 4 consecutive Tuesdays. That would make for some interesting campaign storylines.
"Woke got out of control. What happened?"
AOC
"January 6th, oh man, who could have possibly seen that shit coming!"
DJT
How close was the vote on whether to do What the Hell Was I Thinking?
I'm sure bankers around the world (especially U.S. bankers) had something to say about this hippie plan to forgive war debt.....
There was a huge Transatlantic culture shock. Many of the European governments thought their debt would at least be reduced after the war, which the Americans had not considered. The US always paid its war debts.
Not to be the Versailles truther here, but had the treaty been enforced, German rearmament would have been impossible. I also reject the idea that it was unreasonably harsh.
The Franco-Prussian war was within living memory, and the damage to France and Belgium was truly catastrophic. Most of the fighting was outside of the Kaisserreich, so Germany was largely unscathed. The Wilhelmstraße, and Wilhelm II personally*, push the Austrians into a more bellicose stance. Germany ended the war with limited territorial concessions, while its major allies disintegrated.
*The Kaiser was mercurial. At times during the July Crisis he had a change of heart toward peace, but he was behind the “Blank Cheque,” a near unconditional statement that the German Empire pledged to back the Habsburg monarchy.
Germany took steps to circumvent its restrictions as soon as they were able. There had entered into a secret relationships with the USSR, flouting the treaty’s arms development and manufacturing restrictions by doing so within Russia, in the early ‘20s. Throughout the 1920s, the Weimar government was able to successfully negotiate expectations and loosen constraints.
Within the US and UK, there actually was a consensus that the financial reparations were excessive and there were restructurings. With the Depression, even the French were open to some modifications!
Versailles itself was an important factor in the Second World War, but less for its specific terms than what it symbolized. A significant portion of the German people, and veterans of the conflict, did not accept that they had lost the war. The rationalization was that as Armistice started, Germany still occupied foreign territory and still had millions under arms. The conspiracy theory - that the Heer was stabbed in the back by the
Jews and social democrats—the Dolchstoßlegende - was being cooked up before the smoke cleared. Erich Ludendorff was a major force behind this idea. This is actually a big part of the way the Allies in WWII required the Wehrmacht leadership, not just the civilian leadership, to sign the surrender instruments.
I watched the "Champions" trailer. Thanks for the warning!
I've never found Mindy Kaling funny. Maybe she's funny at Hollywood parties? But that's a me problem, easily solved with the off button.....