The Treaty of Versailles on This Day in History

This Day In History: The Treaty of Versailles was signed on this day in 1919, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I. While we say World War II started in 1939, you can argue, as many do, that it really starting at the signing of the Treaty Of Versailles, which forced harsh penalties and enormous reparations on Germany. This angered the Germans so much that and it laid the groundwork for Hitler and World War II. British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote that the reparations that were imposed on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles were "impossible" to pay.

Listen to Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War by Pat Buchanan
https://archive.org/details/ChurchillHitlerAndTheUnnecessaryWar

"It had been a war that was brought on by inept bureaucrats and it was 'The Treaty of Versailles' that concluded the war between Germany and the Allied Powers. This treaty required Germany to disarm, make extensive territorial concessions, and pay reparations to the Allies. The fact that Germany was required to pay unrealistic reparations during difficult times was the primary reason that the Second World War was fought a little over twenty years later by bringing Adolf Hitler onto the world stage!”~Captain Hank Bracker

Without the Treaty of Versailles, World War II may never have happened.