france s defeat in the franco-prussian wall. klim also had 4 severely wounded french soldiers posted at the entrance to the main hall so that the german delegation would see them when they arrived. the germans took their places a tree in the afternoon they had me a minutes to read and sign the treaty. dition is opposed by the allies were harsh germany s army was cut to $100000.00 men tanks submarines and military aircraft were banned the size of the navy was sharply reduced germany was also ordered to hand over its former colonies and to pay reparations the final amount was later set at $269000000000.00 goldmark s. that
arrives at the putin summit having created a shambles out of the nato summit and nothing could be a greater gift to putin. it s a very unfortunate juxtaposition. i think stephanie for the people list listening, who don t understand what the last 24 hours are about, why does it matter to their lives, why does have any impact? it s a simple nutshell, my life is different than the my father in 1917 and my father in 1941. your life has changed. for one seminal geopolitical reason. the moving of germany out of the axis central powers aligned with the west. if you took away everything that happened in the last 50 years and kept that one fact, germany and a nato alliance aligned with the west, has changed everything from the franco-prussian to 1945. that is why shaking that foundation impacts the life of