Hi !
first of, I took a look on the FAQ and didn't find this question, if it had been asked i apologize, english isn't my first language but i will do my best. Now about the subject:
Quite "recently" the subject of German humiliation at the end of WWI by the treaty and how it lead to WW2 came back on the stage in my country, those event lead to some discutions about how it was true, but also to some saying it's been exagerated and mostly used by the far right for remilitarisation purposes, and that the economic disarry of germany came mostly from the 29 economic crisis.
So, knowing what we know now, how much of the "Versailles treaty responsible for WW2" narrative is true ?
Thank you, hope this is a good and appropriate question for this subreddit.
have a great day.
Oh, are we doing the "WW2 was the inevitable result of WW1 due to the unreasonably harsh conditions imposed on poor little Germany in the Treaty of Versailles"-thing? Cool.
I've written about this a lot in the past but more can certainly be said about it. I'll link a few of my previous posts, let you have a look. If you have follow-up questions after that, I'd be happy to help.
Was WWII inevitable after WWI and what attempts were made to prevent it basically covers your main question as well as a brief introduction to the three main historical models that do to some degree work under the assumption that it was, for one reason or another unavoidable. It also covers the attempts that were made to ease the economic situation in Germany and rebuild in the Weimar years.
Here is a more in-depth critique of the Second Thirty Years War theory and a more detailed look at the Dawes and Young plans as well as their reception in Germany.
Here is an in-depth look at the Second Thirty Years War and European Civil War-theories.
It basically amounts to what I ended the first post with in terms of a TL;DR:
"So was war inevitable? Abso-fucking-lutely not. The war was intentionally brought on by the policies and decisions of Hitler and the Nazi party and to my mind, any attempt at presenting it as "inevitable" is often tied to right wing revisionism."
All linked posts are by me, /u/superplaner. I see you Automoderator.