Bill:
Just a
biased opinion (since I am German): Germany had lost WWI - not exactly on the
battlefield, but we were the first to simply give up the fighting which did not
seem to lead to an end. Consequently, every winning nation could take whatever
was available within the limits set by important leaders such as Woodrow Wilson
/ U.S.A., or whatever was deemed reasonable. The result was the Traty of
Versailles. So far, I don't have a "problem".
The
question that is - in my opinion - more interesting to ask is the following: Why
was Belgium (and France, by the way) permitted to grab MORE than the
Versailles Treaty stipulated? Examples: Small pieces of land in the district of
Monschau (Vennbahn etc. refers); raids in the Ruhr district.
NOTE:
Treaties are usually not worth the paper that they are written on, if you deal
with winners and losers. One of the many reasons why Hitler became so
popular.
Wolfgang
These two
areas with Moresnet were transfered to Belguim in 1920 . Why was Eupen,
a largely German speaking area transferred across? The TREATY OF
VERSAILLES encouraged people to choose the country to which they
wished to be attached eg Northern Schleswig went to Denmark, Southern
Schleswig stayed in Germany. Can anyone answer this
.
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