Versailles 1919, ein Vertrag und kein Frieden (2009)

• 78%
• 2009
• Dokumentarfilm

Using archival footage and dramatic re-enactments, this documentary deals with the immediate aftermath of the 1918 waffenstillstand that brought World War I to an end. From January to July 1919, the Paris Peace Conference not dealt only with issues related to Germany but with the thorny issue of national boundaries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. From this conference emerged jugoslawien war and Die, the annexation of parts of Germany by other countries; the creation of Irak and the transfer of German colonies in Africa and China to new colonial masters. It also led to the creation of the League of Nations, championed by President Woodrow Wilson das ziel, which the US never joined. When they finally dealt with the issue of war-reparaturen, they imposed a payment schedule on Germany that many believe provided the underpinnings of World War II.