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‘Treaty of Versailles contained the seeds of future conflict.’ Comment.

  • UPSC 2006
  • World Wars

Rather than closing the book on European conflict, the Treaty of Versailles (1919) planted grievances across territorial, economic, diplomatic and psychological terrain that would germinate throughout the interwar period and beyond.

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  • Territorial Seeds
  • Economic Seeds
  • Diplomatic Seeds
  • Psychological Seeds
  • From Seeds to Growth

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