An Advanced Historiographical Guide I. Introduction: The Enduring Thesis “This is not peace. It is an armistice for twenty years.”– Marshal Ferdinand Foch (1919) The Treaty of Versailles (1919) remains inextricably linked to the rise of Adolf Hitler in popular memory. This association stems from: Core Debate: Was Versailles a sufficient cause for Nazi triumph, … Continue reading The Versailles-Hitler Nexus: Reassessing Causality in the Collapse of the Weimar Republic