Usingarchivalfootageanddramaticre-enactments,thisdocumentarydealswiththeimmediateaftermathofthe1918armisticethatbroughtWorldWarItoanend.FromJanuarytoJuly1919,theParisPeaceConferencedealtnotonlywithissuesrelatedtoGermanybutwiththethornyissueofnationalboundariesinEurope,theMiddleEastandAsia.FromthisconferenceemergedYugoslaviaandCzechoslovakia;theannexationofpartsofGermanybyothercountries;thecreationofIraq;andthetransferofGermancoloniesinAfricaandChinatonewcolonialmasters.ItalsoledtothecreationoftheLeagueofNations,championedbyPresidentWoodrowWilsonbutwhichtheUSneverjoined.Whentheyfinallydealtwiththeissueofwarreparations,theyimposedapaymentsscheduleonGermanythatmanybelieveprovidedtheunderpinningsofWorldWarII.
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