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Members of the Paris Conference of Paris, which did not squeeze into the mirror hall of the Versailles Palace, are trying to see, as they sign a peace treaty, on June 28, 1919 (photo: Alamy)
“What is the mourning bell for killed like cattle? ” This is a line from a poem from the 25 -year -old British poet Lieutenant Wilfried Owen. He died in a battle near the town of OR in France on November 4, 1918. Exactly in a week all the troops will announce – the war end.
But the four -year slaughterhouse was initially thought of its shooters as special operations to quench the geopolitical ambitions of neighbors. But when on June 28, 1914, the Serbian terrorist Gavril the principle killed the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand, Vienna declared war on Belgrade. The latter entered St. Petersburg. And to precipitate the cousin of Niki, the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, the German Kaiser Wilhelm declared war on him. One day and allied Russians of France.
A month later, the Germans were 50 km from Paris. “The French offer a truce and are ready to pay the indemnity 17 billion francs,” wrote an officer of the German 5th Army in his diary. “So far, we are rejecting this proposal.”
But the war was only twisted. In total, it will delay 10 million soldiers’ lives from all over the world. “The young forces fell down, and the blood flooded the temple … Madness, a cry, a pursuit of balls, the sound of guns – everything came under heaven and achieved the truth. It was not. ” This is the impression of Olga Kobylyanska – the writer survived that war in Chernivtsi, and their Russians were occupied in the days of the first German euphoria.
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Over the next four years, the peoples of Europe have exhausted so much that continuing this madness no longer had the strength. And the Germans were the first. Prince Max Baden, then the Chancellor of the Second Reich, October 4, 1918 wrote to US President Thomas Woodro Wilson: “The German government asks [Вас] Take the restoration of peace, acquaint all warring states with his request and invite their representatives to start negotiations. “
The negotiations began in January 1919 and lasted half a year. German representatives have never been invited. Only a week before the signing of peace was introduced to the defeated conditions.
And on June 28, 38 delegations from 27 countries gathered in the Versailles Palace. The guilt for the beginning of the war was taken over by Germany – its representative, Foreign Minister Herman Muller signed against numerous signatures by the winners. Germany agreed to reparations that seemed eternal: 132 billion marks ($ 442 billion 2013).
“It’s not peace, it’s a truce. He is 20 years old, ”said Marshal Ferdinand Fosh, Commander -in -Chief of the Union Troops when he read the conditions of peace. As he looked into the water.
This material was published in NV No. 1 for 2025. You can buy a number at the link.