9 The seeds of World War II were planted

And the Americans came up against all of them.

Wilson couldn't wait to ask for the League of Nations to be formed first to determine the seats, and then to talk about that.

After being opposed by Britain and France, he almost quit the meeting.

While there was a lot of nonsense, Tom just watched coldly.

Based on his experience, he judged that some of this was.

When it comes to the division of interests, no one will back down.

If it cannot be solved by force, there will be no end to the mouthball.

Sure enough, France asked Germany for the benefits of 58, but Britain did not agree.

Britain asked for 50 benefits, France and the United States did not agree.

France wants large industrial areas, but Britain and the United States do not agree.

The worst of these is the lawyer George, now the British Prime Minister, who will join forces with the Americans against France and France against the United States.

All in all, this thing is a-stirring stick.

But Tom, who is also a lawyer, understands that this is only an outsider's opinion, and in the eyes of the British, George is a hero.

While the was still over, the French came out with another moth.

They felt that Tsarist Russia was very harmful to Europe, and that Tsarist Russia's retreat at a critical time was so dangerous that it could not overturn the victory, so it should be punished, so Fuxi asked all countries to form a coalition to attack Tsarist Russia to take revenge.

He asked for 2 million troops, and he also asked the Americans to send troops, because the Americans had not fully participated in the war, and the soldiers were already recuperated and ready to enter the battlefield at any time.

Wilson was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said that it was right to let a victorious division like the French army send troops, and the Americans had no experience in war.

The leader of a country openly admits that his country's army is weak, and there is no one left.

In fact, by the time it comes to this, Wilson has woken up from a dream, and he knows that he will never be able to dominate the League of Nations.

So he also began to learn from George, not to build but to destroy, who is in favor of what he is against, who is against him and who he is against, and the peace meeting almost becomes a farce.

But after all, there are no specific interests involved in this matter.

On the fifth day, a charter was finalized.

That is, European countries implemented "epidemic prevention arrangements" + economic blockades along the route to punish Tsarist Russia.

In the process, Wakanda didn't say a word.

But in the follow-up discussion involving the disposal of certain industries in Germany.

Wakanda wants to take care of Krupp one or two.

This was the first time Tom had made a formal statement since they were there.

Tom thinks that there is nothing wrong with the military industry engaging in commercial activities, for example, didn't Britain also sell warships to Germany?

The British were annoyed by him.

When the meeting was adjourned, the Americans came to ask Tom first, and Tom quickly made it clear that Charlie really had no interest in any mess of interests in Europe.

Otherwise, he stressed, why did we withdraw before? We only did this because of Charlie's friendship with the Empress of Artillery.

His words were reasonable.

Britain, France and the United States also recognized, but the British just didn't agree.

They also strongly demanded the dismemberment of the Krupp company and the confiscation of everything from them.

They also said that the Krupp family were war criminals and should be extradited to Britain for trial.

Tom looked at them and sneered and thought, you want to play, right?

But before he could make a move, France went first.

France, which had paid a terrible price in the European war, angrily asked Britain what qualifications they had to interrogate the members of Krupp on behalf of all the members and what qualifications they had to confiscate everything from Krupp on behalf of everyone.

The Americans also jumped out and ranted, thinking that British arrogance was disgusting.

As a result of the quarrel, the Krupp company was dismembered, but not defined as war criminals, so they were free to move after handing over their assets.

And that's exactly what Tom is all about.

Krupp's assets in Europe were nothing but a fart for New Rome.

Traveling all the way to South America?

Talent is what Charlie needs!

So that night, Tom found Fuxi again.

He hoped that the French army would provide protection for Krupp's personnel.

After all, New Rome did not have a rooted force in Europe, and the French Army still had considerable combat power in this year.

Their resilience can be seen in the stalemate at Verdun.

Tom's request was simple, the French army protected the men as they went to the Mediterranean.

Take the Italian boat to Wakanda.

In return, the new Rome will fully support the construction of the French Navy.

Fuxi agreed, although he also looked down on Krupp's talents, but he knew better that these were things that he could not use for them.

After all, the Franco-German hatred is too deep.

If there was anyone in the world who could use German weapons experts, it would be Wakanda.

Then he couldn't help but ask Tom, "That's what you're here for, right?" ”

"Yes, out of obligation to a friend, that's all."

Fuxi thought to himself, the industrial system of Wakanda and the free trade zone + German experts, hehe.

But these are not important, what is important is that their navy will be supported, so as to form a situation in which Britain will be suppressed on the coast and Germany on the land, which will be enough for France.

So the two sides finalized an agreement on this.

The day after this was done.

Tom immediately ended his trip to the Paris Peace Conference.

And he heard the follow-up news on the way home.

The countries jointly decided to deprive Germany of all its colonies, to recover Lorraine and Alsace from France, and to exploit the coal mines of the Saarland region of Germany by France, and to administer it by the League of Nations for 15 years, after which it was decided by referendum;

The German territory on the left bank of the Rhine was divided into three occupation zones, which were occupied by the Entente for 5, 10, and 15 years, and 50 kilometers on the right bank were undefended;

Germany can only maintain an army of 100,000 men and a navy of 15,000 men, abolish compulsory military service, and must not have capital ships and submarines, and must not possess heavy weapons such as aircraft, tanks, and artillery;

In addition, Germany had to pay huge war reparations to the victorious countries (the reparations committee composed of Britain, France, and the United States finally determined the amount of reparations to be 132 billion German marks, or about 33 billion US dollars).

The German delegates, on the one hand, reported to the country and on the other hand asked for a revision of the peace treaty, but Britain, France and the United States insisted that the treaty would not be relaxed, and made it clear that the Germans could not engage in any arguments, either sign or continue the war. In the end, the German government chose to give in.

There are many more details about the Treaty of Versailles.

It is divided into 15 parts and 440 articles. Under the terms of the treaty, Germany lost 10% of its territory, 12.5% of its population, all of its overseas colonies (including German East Africa, German South-West Africa, Cameroon, Togo, and German New Guinea), 16% of its coal-producing areas, and half of its steel industry.

After Tom finished reading the long telegram, he asked Charlie.

Charlie had also learned the news at this time.

Han Huaiyi told him clearly: "This is the seed of another big war. At most, there will be only 20 years of peace. Either Germany will die again, but France will die first. ”

That's right, World War II was such a process, and it was also the cause of this, because Germany squeezed too hard.