Versailles #9: Eastern Europe Reborn
When Diplomacy Fails Podcast
Zack Twamley
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2018
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
If finding a solution to Western Europe was difficult, then untangling the morass which was Eastern Europe seemed like mission impossible. Thankfully for those flocking to Paris, Eastern Europeans had taken it upon themselves to do the legwork for them. Poles, Czechs, Yugoslavs and Romanians had all taken advantage of the power vacuums left by the vanished empires, and had staked their claims to land, people and resources while those in Paris gathered. Some leaders, like Edvard Benes (pictured) took matters into their own hands, while others were overtaken by the pace of events.
In this episode we examine the fates and behaviours of these four powers, before they presented their individuals cases to the Paris Peace Conference in late January-early February 1919. All they would require, it was said, was the blessing of the statesmen at the French capital for their efforts...and maybe a tiny few adjustments here and there...
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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 the Versailles |
| 0:04.4 | Anniversary Project. It's a fairly big one, but it's also a very enjoyable one. So thanks for stopping by. |
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| 1:06.0 | messing around when you say when the Poncey Falls is really good or the Versailles Anniversary Project |
| 1:10.5 | is absolute nuts. |
| 1:12.8 | It is absolute nuts, but we're having a great time with it. |
| 1:15.7 | Of course, I would be remiss if I didn't mention that the Delegation game is also something |
| 1:20.0 | you should be aware of. In case you weren't aware, Delegation game is a fantasy booking style |
| 1:24.4 | game where you design an avatar and you send him or her to the Paris |
| 1:28.8 | Peace Conference. So far we have everyone ranging from an Australian, a Hungarian, a Jewish guy, |
| 1:35.4 | we have a Canadian, we have a Japanese person, we have a German socialist, we have all sorts |
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