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Originally Posted by ScrAtch
You are absolutely correct, Anselme.
It's well known that the french (with their allies) won WWI with this feeling of "never again", while the germans lost WWI with this feeling of "Versailles was not fair, we'll have our revenge !"
this may not be the main reason for may-june 1940, but certainly part of it
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I agree with both this and Anselme's point that it was in reply to.
I only wanted to add that there is a second issue that is often hidden or overlooked here - the way Germany really did "win the battle" of WW1 but ended up losing the war. This was a theme Hitler played upon and was instrumental in rebuilding Germany back into a 'Kaiserian' militant pitch. It is no surprise that the brilliant General Ludendorff was one of Hitler's earliest and most prestigious supporters. It also explains why Germany felt so 'humiliated' by Versailles treaty - since many Germans felt that they actually did win the battle and that they were 'sold out' from behind the lines to make the peace.