Versailles #60: The Germans Arrive
When Diplomacy Fails Podcast
Zack Twamley
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2019
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
At long last, the German delegation has arrived in Paris, and resides in the exact same hotel where in 1871, the French government was forced to kowtow to Bismarck. What a coincidence! Leading the delegation was Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, a Wilhelmian German official of the old order, so it seemed. Brockdorff-Rantzau was the German Foreign Minister, and was utterly determined to get what he believed was Germany's just deserts - a peace treaty based on the Fourteen Points. Anything less than that, and he was bound to be unhappy. Yet, even as the German delegation arrived, a key problem was brought out into the open - the peace treaty STILL wasn't ready! This was far from the only problem which lay in store...
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, my name is Zach Twomley, and you're about to listen to the latest episode of When Diplomacy Fails. |
| 0:05.2 | This is the Versailles Anniversary Project, and this is episode 60. We're 60 episodes deep, |
| 0:11.2 | and we introduce you today to a very important moment in our story. It's a shorter episode than |
| 0:17.1 | normal, but because it's one of our many episodes that we've had several days in a row, |
| 0:21.6 | I don't think you'll mind all that much. Because it's a shorter episode, we've a shorter |
| 0:25.5 | introduction a little bit here for you. Basically, in 10 seconds, no, not 10 seconds, 20 seconds, |
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| 1:50.9 | Music And that's it, guys. Enjoy this episode. You're listening to the Versailles Anniversary Project episode 60. |
| 2:03.3 | Hello and welcome history friends, patrons all, to the Versailles Anniversary Project episode 60. In the last episode, we saw how the League of Nations was crafted and established, being presented in its final form to the plenary |
| 2:08.6 | conference of nations in Paris on the 28th of April 1919. This was an auspicious day indeed, |
| 2:15.5 | and while Harold Nicholson took the time to record that it poured with rain, |
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