New Posts For Thread: WW1 question....https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411970/ww1-questionWhy was Germany punished so heavily after WW1?canaryboyThere were a lot of military restrictions for Germany. Some of them were violated and under Hitler they didn't really care about it anymore.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411970/ww1-question?post_id=417350302#417350302canaryboyThere were a lot of military restrictions for Germany. Some of them were violated and under Hitler they didn't really care about it anymore.Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:07:10 -0600They didn,t end up paying most of the repatrations but they also ended up with hyper-inflation which didn,t help their political system.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411970/ww1-question?post_id=417350294#417350294They didn,t end up paying most of the repatrations but they also ended up with hyper-inflation which didn,t help their political system.Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:05:24 -0600I think their armaments were severely reduced.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411970/ww1-question?post_id=417350286#417350286I think their armaments were severely reduced.Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:04:03 -0600The German Empire was definitely the main catalyst for WWI. They pressed Austria-Ungary (who wanted to wait longer) to immediately declare war on Serbia.The Versailles Treaty was absolutely shortsighted and a breeding ground for several new conflictshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411970/ww1-question?post_id=417350282#417350282The German Empire was definitely the main catalyst for WWI. They pressed Austria-Ungary (who wanted to wait longer) to immediately declare war on Serbia.The Versailles Treaty was absolutely shortsighted and a breeding ground for several new conflictsSat, 28 Nov 2009 07:03:11 -0600couldn't we have banned them from having an army?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411970/ww1-question?post_id=417350266#417350266couldn't we have banned them from having an army?Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:56:20 -0600In fact canaryboy you couldn't be more wrong, generally accepted that because Germany was so heavily punsished at Versailles, that the Weimar Republic couldn't cope, which gave birth the extremist politics...and therefore the Nazis and then WW2https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411970/ww1-question?post_id=417350238#417350238In fact canaryboy you couldn't be more wrong, generally accepted that because Germany was so heavily punsished at Versailles, that the Weimar Republic couldn't cope, which gave birth the extremist politics...and therefore the Nazis and then WW2Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:51:53 -0600At Versailles the French PM Clemenceau really saw it as an opportunity to ensure French safety for years to come and the British PM Lloyd George, despite wanting to follow Wilson's ideas had to follow British public opinion who wanted to "squeeze Gerhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411970/ww1-question?post_id=417350198#417350198At Versailles the French PM Clemenceau really saw it as an opportunity to ensure French safety for years to come and the British PM Lloyd George, despite wanting to follow Wilson's ideas had to follow British public opinion who wanted to "squeeze GerSat, 28 Nov 2009 06:49:45 -0600didn't punish them enough imowasn't long before they were having another gohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411970/ww1-question?post_id=417350182#417350182didn't punish them enough imowasn't long before they were having another goSat, 28 Nov 2009 06:48:39 -0600They wanted to keep them down of courseOf all the Central Powers (in WWI) they were the biggest threat to the Entente as a united country and because of their geographical locationhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411970/ww1-question?post_id=417350154#417350154They wanted to keep them down of courseOf all the Central Powers (in WWI) they were the biggest threat to the Entente as a united country and because of their geographical locationSat, 28 Nov 2009 06:47:29 -0600There were other countries that started the conflict and other guilty parties. Germany picked the wrong alliances. I just can't understand why they were punished and humiliated so so badly.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23411970/ww1-question?post_id=417350094#417350094There were other countries that started the conflict and other guilty parties. Germany picked the wrong alliances. I just can't understand why they were punished and humiliated so so badly.Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:43:37 -0600