The Versailles Treaty, which was signed 28 June 1919 has to be recognised as the worst failure of a peace treaty ever signed in history.
It was Timed to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Frans Ferdinand by communist Serbian terrorists, 28 June 1914, which is credited as being the spark that led to the catastrophic First World War.
The Treaty of Versailles was meant to guarantee peace but led to the most violent and destructive century in the history of mankind.
One cannot understand the history of the Soviet Union, or Eastern Europe, without understanding the pivotal role played by the short-sighted, vindictive and counter-productive