The eleventh day of the eleventh month at the eleventh hour: Armistice. World War I ended. Except that they didn’t call the conflict “World War I” at the time. It was “The Great War,” or my personal favorite, “The War to End All Wars.”
But it couldn’t end all wars ā the retributions and punishments heaped upon Germany only made it easy for Hitler to take complete power in 1933. So the desire for Germany’s punishment only led to vastly more pain for the Allies, eventually.
At what point do you stop the punishment? When and how do you know that a proper balance has been achieved?
white pebble 