
"我们所追求的梦想绝对不会全部实现,但这丝毫不能妨碍我们去追求他们。"——路飞,《海贼王》 Usingarchivalfootageanddramaticre-enactments,thisdocumentarydealswiththeimmediateaftermathofthe1918armisticethatbroughtWorldWarItoanend.FromJanuarytoJuly1919,theParisPeaceConferencedealtnotonlywithissuesrelatedtoGermanybutwiththethornyissueofnationalboundariesinEurope,theMiddleEastandAsia.FromthisconferenceemergedYugoslaviaandCzechoslovakia;theannexationofpartsofGermanybyothercountries;thecreationofIraq;andthetransferofGermancoloniesinAfricaandChinatonewcolonialmasters.ItalsoledtothecreationoftheLeagueofNations,championedbyPresidentWoodrowWilsonbutwhichtheUSneverjoined.Whentheyfinallydealtwiththeissueofwarreparations,theyimposedapaymentsscheduleonGermanythatmanybelieveprovidedtheunderpinningsofWorldWarII.
