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To be fair the allies also did this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Germany https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Germany They maintained the
by ffgjgf1 3y ago
To be fair the allies also did this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Germany https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Germany
They maintained the blockade for almost a year after the armistice (just in case..). A hundred thousand died in the famine and a generation of children suffered severe malnutrition.
Now maintaining the blockade during the war was understandable but maintaining it after the fighting was over just to get better terms? Well that’s something many people would find hard to forgive..
> France and Poland knew Germany was a belligerent nation, and in 1921
No it had much more to do with the Polish-Soviet war than with Germany. The Soviets were seen (and rightly so) as a much bigger threat to Eastern and Central Europe than Germany in the 20s