Thomas Berg
How could so much hope contained in the Treaty of Versailles shatter twenty years later into the catastrophe of the Second World War?
Description
In July 1919, the Treaty of Versailles ended the war in which machine guns, artillery, tanks, aircraft, submarines, and poison gas killed millions of civilians and soldiers among the victorious and defeated nations alike. By November 1921,France, Great Britain, and the United States had reverentially buried their respective Unknown Soldier. Seemingly, the future looked peaceful, and humanity could again hope; however, this vision was an illusion that could not last. Within ten years, Mussolinibecame the dictator of Italy, Hitler tried to overthrow a German province, Stalin was the brutal dictator in the Soviet Union, and Japan attacked China; Asia and Europe were now on the road to war. How could so much hope contained in the Treaty of Versaillesshatter twenty years later into the catastrophe of the Second World War?
Thomas Berg
Title: History Lecturer, University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (402) 488-0257
City: Lincoln