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Wasn't the rise of fascism in Germany directly caused by crippling and humiliating terms levied at Versailles


But hardly an excuse to try to exterminate an entire groups of people and invade other countries. Don't think anyone argues Hitler national socialism would have been fine if it wasn't for the allies. But they do argue communism might have worked of it wasnt for the USA.


> Don't think anyone argues Hitler national socialism would have been fine if it wasn't for the allies.

I’d be surprised if there aren't neo-Nazis that argue exactly that, just as modern Leninists argue that Soviet Communism might have worked out great for everyone if it wasn't for the USA.


> Wasn't the rise of fascism in Germany directly caused by crippling and humiliating terms levied at Versailles

No. That, along with the rise of Communism in Russia, the rise of Italian fascism, and...was among the indirect causes.




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