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Ever since the eruption of the Second World War, it has been argued that the Treaty of Versailles, signed to ‘end' World War I, was nothing more than a slow-sparking trigger to fuel the German animosity that would lead into another World War. The First World War, often called the Great War, is, in orthodox perspectives, blamed on Germany and Austria; after the Second World War, however, historians have come forward with a ‘collective guilt' theory, which faults European realist power politics' use of nationalism, imperialism, and secret alliances instead. The Treaty itself overburdened Germany; overtaxed to such an extent that sentiments of disgruntlement spread through its populace, making it easy prey to the designs of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Regime of 1933 to 1944. With the heavy war reparations and compensation, as well as the integral damage already done by the war, Germany's economy was impoverished, in many senses removing its esteem as a nation. The hasty formation of......

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