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Originally Posted by Sarge
Yes, a good point, but after WW2 we occupied Germany for more than 20 years, gave them no armed forces until 1954 and MADE them trully democratic.
I guess we were too concerned with Empires and reparations in 1919 and not about the future of Europe.
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True. But Germany was also wholly demolished by the middle of 1945 and Germans were forced to face the horrors of what had happened under the Nazis both at home and in the occupied territories. They were spared a lot of that in 1919. I think they were ready for change and ready to make a break with their past in 1945. I don't necessarily think that was the case in 1919. This is not to say that things might not have been different had World War I's end been handled differently.