331 pages, illustrated

The day of reckoning! The German delegates, in the chair in front of Clemenceau, sign the Versailles Peace Treaty. To Clemenceau's right is Wilson and to his left is Lloyd George.

The "Bund Oberland," one of several right-wing paramilitary groups in Bavaria. Their symbol was a red flag with a black swastika in a white circle. When Hitler designed the flag for the Nazi Party, it was identical to this flag except that he turned the swastika 45 degrees.

Stalin never downplayed Lenin but promoted the concept that he, Stalin, was Lenin's closest confidant. This drawing is typical of such works during the Stalinist era. Note that Lenin has a halo of light around his head - Lenin was regularly displayed in this saintly manner in art and movies in Stalinist Russia. And Stalin was regularly portrayed as Lenin's protege and was usually depicted several inches taller than Lenin.

1919: The First Year of World War II

In 1919: The Germans began making plans to come back at us.

In 1919: The Versailles Treaty severely punished Germany.

In 1919: Hitler went into politics and the Nazi Party was born.

In 1919: Mussolini went into politics and the Italian Fascist Party was born.

In 1919: Japan threatened anew in the Far East.

In 1919: The communists began to win the Russian Revolution and communist organizations sprang up over Europe.

In 1919: A sudden rise in European Anti-Semitism set the stage for the Holocaust.

In 1919: The League of Nations came into being with great hopes for world peace.

In 1919: In the U.S., the Senate refused to ratify the Versailles Treaty, America went into isolation, adopted prohibition and President Woodrow Wilson was disabled by a massive stroke.

In 1919: 36.4% of the baby boys born in Germany would perish in World War II.

1919: THE FIRST YEAR OF WORLD WAR II

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