What is this guy smoking? Under the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Russia paid six billion marks and renounced claims to Finland, Estonia, Livonia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Ardahan, Kars, and Batumi -- the vast majority of the populations of which were not ethnically Russian and did not welcome Russian occupation.
Under the Treaty of Versailles Germany, was required to 20 billion gold marks and lost Moresnet, Eupen-Malmedy, Alsace-Lorraine, Czechoslovakia, Upper Silesia, eastern Prussia, Danzig and its surrounding area, and renounce claims to Poland. Bear in mind, unlike the territory lost by Russia, the majority of the populations of a large portion of the territory lost by Germany were ethnic Germans. Germany also lost all foreign colonies, was put under occupation for 15 years and was to "gift" huge portions of its coal production to France for 15 years. Not to mention the crippling military restrictions and being forced to accept responsibility for the war in its entirety, and losing protector status of the nations lost by Russia under Brest-Litovsk.
Anybody who claims that the Treaty of Versailles did not directly lead to ww2 is peddling a serious agenda or else is deluded. The US did not ratify it and the British said the French were being vindictive and harsh. The French didn't like the treaty either -- Clemenceau was voted out of office because the French felt the treaty was too lenient!
Unfortunately, what goes around quite often comes around. What else should France have expected in 1939?
“Anybody who claims that the Treaty of Versailles did not directly lead to ww2 is peddling a serious agenda or else is deluded.”
He is saying it did.