[Sarge]

You read in most books relating to the aftermath of WW1 that the treaty of Versailes was so harsh that it led directly to WW2.

A counter to this is I believe that the treaty was indeed too lenient and led the Nazis to come to power userping the Democratic process that was still very much in the embryonic stage.

What should have happened in 1919 was for the Germans to know they had been beaten and have had their country forcibly occuppied by the Allies for at least 20 years. Together with this they would have been allowed no armed forces.


Any thoughs? Was Versailles to soft, or too hard.