Created by, Franko1, The Demagogue, Vulpcjo.
The Great War was a devastating conflict that ended the old order in Europe. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, and paved the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved.
While the Allies managed to be victorious in the event (especially due to the american intervention), it was a phyrric victory which left all nations involved broken or half broken, allowing some nations to gain independence (from both sides of the conflict), as well as paving the way for a new world order.
After the war, the Paris Peace Conference of 1918 imposed a series of peace treaties on the Central Powers officially ending the war, even if the treaties agreed upon were not as severe as intended. The United States, however, had suffered less in the conflict and it’s thanks to it’s efforts and firm stance, that it was possible to cripple the former German Empire and deplete it of most of it’s colonies as well as the payment of reparations to the allies, as the Central Powers had to acknowledge responsibility for “all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by” their aggression.
The Treaty of Versailles was the final peace treaty agreed upon, and it has been accused of being a diplomatic failure, but one that everyone had to acknowledge as to avoid another conflict and had clauses ranging from war crimes, the prohibition on the merging of Austria with Germany without the consent of the League of Nations, freedom of navigation on major European rivers, to recognising newly independent nations (mostly by Woodrow Wilson’s iniciative).
Regardless of the treaty’s effectiveness, or the revanchivism it will bring, one thing is for certain, this is the treaty that will now shape the world, this is the Legacy of Versailles!
Forum link for RP
http://forum.supremacy1914.com/showthread.php?220510-Legacy-of-Versailles-A-Supremacy-1914-Roleplay
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