When World War I came to a close in mid-November of 1918, many ideas came

about in Europe as to what the peace settlement should be. In Britain, leaders were

thinking about how to increase British colonial power. In France, many wanted to

permanently punish the Germans, partly in revenge for Germany's aggression in World

War I. In Germany, citizens were worried about how radical changes after the war could

affect their daily lives. Finally, in the United States, President Wilson was already putting

together a system of permanently preserving European peace. All these confusion,

worries, plans, and ideas came together in Paris in 1919, with the Treaty of Versailles,

establishing the post-war peace in Europe. Yet just twenty years later, war would once

again break out in Europe. So why were the peace settlements of World War I unable to

prevent the outbreak of war twenty years later in World War II?

after the end of World War I, Hitler invaded Poland. The Treaty of Versailles had failed;

German people. Britain and France were frequently to busy worrying about their own

mistaken territorial adjustments made by Britain and France. The Allies were very

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