• bluGill@kbin.run
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    4 months ago

    WWI was called the great war, and the war to end all wars until WWII broke out. I sometimes call WWII just the great war part 2 - the treaties that “ended” WWI were clearly setup (on hindsight!) to make the war break out again in the future when Germany got sick of those treaties.

    The point is names are added after the fact and often don’t make a lot of sense if you know details.

      • deranger@sh.itjust.works
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        4 months ago

        He was right for the wrong reasons. He believed the treaty was too lenient, when in retrospect it seems pretty clear that the punitive nature of the treaty was a significant factor in Hitler rising to power and then WW2 starting.