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Originally Posted by XabbaRus
From my studies at school where we did WWIad infinitum so it seems the Treaty of Versailles was pushed more by the Frecnh than the British who were happier to g a bit easier on the Germans. Hell it was the French who invaded Germany and the Ruhr (or was it Reinland?) in order to get the payments in the form of coal.
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Yes, the French were the harsher ones - but can you blame them after being invaded twice during the previous 50 years? I don't really think France's wish to 'neutralize' Germany was unreasonable in any way - a matter of survival, amply proved by WWII.
But the invasion of the Ruhr was an international relations fiasco and in general the occupation of German territories after WWI was badly handled.
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The dismal fighting spirit of the Russian Army didn't help the fact at home when the Czar's wife was half-German and in control while Nicolas was away
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Another bit of trivia: the later Romanov family, going by genetics, was itself a good 90% German! Prussia has long been a source of military organization/training and wives for the tzars. No wonder they'd be a little reluctant to fight the Germans.
