I agree. I was responding to the general comment about treaties in the 20s and 30s vs. particular ones. 

I certainly had in mind the limitations on what Germany could build. 

My point about how it was a battle between colonial powers who still had Kings, Queens, Kaisers, etc. that were all interrelated was just to say no nation is blameless. 

Versaille may have been justified, but it almost guaranteed WWII would happen. 

To start arming for another shot at the prize a nation didn't get in the last war (a pretty common theme at least all the way through the 1600s and up into the early 20th century) was I suppose inevitable and in that case, I'd expect all manner of chicanery in fudging the rules or flouting them. (Iran's nuclear program is a more modern example)

On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 6:28 PM Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:


On 03Oct2020 0649, xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote:
> That was true in the immediacy of the post WW1 antibellum period. They
> certainly had an intent to prevent Germany and company from re-arming
> and to punish them for the War, which was a bit hypocritical given it
> was in some sense a family feud (everyone's royals are interrelated)
> and everyone had a hand in the Bloc system that led to the war. The
> loser always gets terms dictated by the winner.
The Washington Naval Treaty had nothing to do with that - they didn't
involve Germany at all, as it was bound by the Treaty of Versailles. The
Anglo-German treaty was a different beast, and the UK signed it because
Germany was already breaking Versailles, so it was better than no
treaty. It didn't bring Germany into the treaty system entirely, but it
limited Germany to building ships under the same rules as the UK and to
a percentage of the UK's total tonnage, thus effectively bringing it
into the regime. Of course Germany followed the displacement rules about
as closely as the Japanese and Italians did (i.e. not very).

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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>

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