Originally Posted by Febobo

Yes it was a reasonable attempt. And after ww2 the same attempt was made with much harsher conditions imposed on Germany:

-occupation of the German territory
-no souveraign German government
-major territory losses in the west and especially in the east
-serious reparations to the Soviet Union
-millions of Germans being expulsed from their eastern territories
-"peace treaty" at Potsdam with binding obligations without the Germans even taking part
-etc. etc.

and after ww2 it worked, because there were powers which prevented any sort of revisionism. And after ww2 revisionism about the eastern frontier was much more justified than after ww1