Germany was emasculated? They were made to pay for the costs of
the war they started, I would do the same to whoever started the
war in my territory, wouldnt you?
and the treaty provided for the German military forces to be
severely limited, for fear of future German aggression,
logical?
Germany was partitioned? or given up German colonies and loss of
territories Germany annexed or conquered in the relatively recent
past? Check the history.
It was a compromising treaty and the great depression of the early
thirties that gave rise to German nationalism and nazism, and the
rise of Hitler to power, and WW2 in Europe.
The question, is whether the German then were aware of the
destruction and death they inflicted on their neighbors? They had
thought that the treaty brought poverty to them but forgot that
they were defeated otherwise it would be their neighbors who would
suffer.
The allied forces did a complete job in WW2, Germans war making
machines were totally and completely destroyed, all war criminals
were caught, tried and sentenced even long after the war ended. Do
we see a threat from Germany today, as the strongest n most
powerful EU nation?
Can we say the same thing about Japan? Obviously not. The war
criminals trials were not complete as the American needed bases in
Japan to counter the rise of communism in China and Korea. Today,
top Japanese war criminals in WW2 were respected as war heros,
textbooks are being changed to paint Japan as victim of the war,
Young Japanese who have traveled outside of Japan might know what
their ancestor did during WW2, tears rolled from the eyes of two of
my lady colleagues from Japan when I told them that, on a combined
business trip in shanghai. I dont blame the young generation of
Japanese but with the ignorance of the young japanese and apathy
(or ignorance) of the young Singapore on the Japanese atrocity in
WW2, things will be forgotten. Then come a great depression, stock
market melt down
history repeats itself, by we would then be
forced to learn, and it might be necessary to wipe out all the
aggressive elements totally, but then
.we need to talk about human
rights!!
This is old story, discussed many times, any better understanding?
hmm.... 
