>> He understood the consequences of punishing Germany too severely and was pressing for a more just settlement.
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>While I agree it was short sighted to punish Germany in a financial sense, I still disagree that the western allies are to blame for the rise of Germany. The rise of Germany in WWII had more to do with:
>- Germany's sense of victimhood
>- Germany's desire for a greater Geman state
>- Germany's mistunderstanding of how WWI ended. They thought it was a stalemate, but it was a German defeat
>- a charismatic, sociopathic, racist leader

Somehow I have the feeling that needing a wheel barrow load of marks to get a loaf of bread or mail a letter had nothing to do with ANY of what you've listed above.
However, if you remove "sense of" from your victimhood line you would be close, while destroying your arguments.