Versailles


Read by Ted Lienhart

World War 1 ended with the Paris Peace Conference (January 1919 to January 1920), which in turn resulted in the signing of five peace treaties. The most important of these, the Treaty of Versailles (June 1919) assigned the responsibility for the war and its damages to Germany and her allies.
There have been many critics of this peace process and of the Treaty of Versailles, and it is common for historians to find the roots of World War 2 in that treaty and in the German sense of grievance with it. This account, first published in Berlin in German in 1927, traces the peace talks and the process that led to the crushing terms of the Versailles Treaty for Germany. The author was a German journalist who served as a war correspondent with the German Army throughout the war. - Summary by Ted Lienhart (9 hr 27 min)

Chapters

Preface 1:53 Read by Ted Lienhart
The End of the Fighting 26:43 Read by Ted Lienhart
The World-Straightener 20:28 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Machinery of the Conference 27:02 Read by Ted Lienhart
The League of Nations 19:03 Read by Ted Lienhart
Consciences and Colonies 39:39 Read by Ted Lienhart
Wilson Triumphator 15:30 Read by Ted Lienhart
Lloyd George in Deep Waters 19:51 Read by Ted Lienhart
American Statesmen 11:14 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Shadow of Monroe 10:56 Read by Ted Lienhart
The French Programme (Part 1) 32:18 Read by Ted Lienhart
The French Programme (Part 2) 29:09 Read by Ted Lienhart
The French Programme (Part 3) 28:52 Read by Ted Lienhart
Wilson's Hidden Nature 19:16 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Collapse of Idealism 37:03 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Vanquished (Part 1) 38:48 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Vanquished (Part 2) 40:11 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Hour of Retribution 26:37 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Struggle Against the Peace Treaty (Part 1) 39:52 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Struggle Against the Peace Treaty (Part 2) 40:01 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Surrender 43:09 Read by Ted Lienhart