Abstract

Abstract Despite the safeguards established at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, a second World War erupted within a single generation. Many observers believe that had the Allied powers avoided making a few key mistakes, the Versailles System they created could have prevented war from breaking out in 1939. However, no single isolated decision, hasty move, or simple oversight caused the Versailles System to fail and end in a second global cataclysm. The world failed to avert catastrophe mainly because the Versailles System was unenforceable. France recognized this in 1923, and future events would confirm it. In the early 1930s, Germany continued violating the terms of the Versailles Treaty, and those charged with defending the system proved either unable or unwilling to enforce it.

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