Wilson pledged to keep America out of WWI. He reneged on that promise, but did so after the war was already winding down. Instead of a fair, negotiated peace between mostly equal forces, the Allies negotiated from the position of having a fresh fighting force entering the war to finish Germany off.
The imbalance of power allowed the Allies to impose the extremely punitive Treaty of Versailles on the Central Powers, which ultimately led to WWII.
Wilson also made income tax a constant thing and created the Federal Reserve. He is a legit target for a time traveling assassin.
Germany got a treaty that was less punitive than the one they gave Russia, or the one they gave to France the last war. The Entente at one point considered disassembling Germany entirely. The cause of WW2 wasn’t the Versailles treaty, it was the German military not being able to take the L.
Wilson pledged to keep America out of WWI. He reneged on that promise, but did so after the war was already winding down. Instead of a fair, negotiated peace between mostly equal forces, the Allies negotiated from the position of having a fresh fighting force entering the war to finish Germany off.
The imbalance of power allowed the Allies to impose the extremely punitive Treaty of Versailles on the Central Powers, which ultimately led to WWII.
Wilson also made income tax a constant thing and created the Federal Reserve. He is a legit target for a time traveling assassin.
If he woulda had polio or something, the world could’ve been a vastly different place
Germany got a treaty that was less punitive than the one they gave Russia, or the one they gave to France the last war. The Entente at one point considered disassembling Germany entirely. The cause of WW2 wasn’t the Versailles treaty, it was the German military not being able to take the L.