Versailles #52: OTD 5th April 1919 - Wilson Has Had Enough!
In the first week of April, 1919, American President Woodrow Wilson had reached the end of his tether. He was eternally sick of Georges Clemenceau lording the agonies of France over his head - what he...
5 Apr 201940min
Delegation Game #9: Paris Is Revolting!
Whoa, Nelly, have we got a story for you! In the aftermath of failed efforts to achieve satisfaction with reparations and with the intervention into Russia, one could be left feeling sorry themselves ...
3 Apr 201957min
Versailles #51: The PM Surprises Us All!
We return to the question of reparations with some startling revelations. If you thought the French were the greedy, grasping and bitter sponsors of a massive reparations bill, then prepare to questio...
31 Mar 201946min
Versailles #50: Deliberations on Reparations
At long last, we turn our attention to the controversial issue of reparations. Perhaps no issue at the Paris Peace Conference, and no single tenet of the Treaty of Versailles has been the source of as...
27 Mar 201941min
Delegation Game #8: Haunting Paris
After a week of conspiracy and controversy, the fallout must be confronted. An exhausted and demoralised cast of delegates are challenged with creating some kind of policy approach to Russia, to liste...
23 Mar 201952min
Versailles #49: OTD 21st March 1919 - Hungary Sets the World on Fire
A century ago today, Budapest was circling the drain of revolution, after several months of Bolshevik infiltration and grand promises, combined with mounting frustrations over President Mihaly Karolyi...
21 Mar 201946min
Versailles #48: Ten Becomes Four
Check out the collaboration I did with Thom Daly, where we talked about Ireland and Brexit! As the Paris Peace Conference welcomed back the American President and the Big Three began to entrench thems...
21 Mar 201937min
Delegation Game #7: Slaying the Tiger
Episode 7 of the game analyses the events surrounding the shocking murder of Georges Clemenceau, and the return of the American President to the scene. How will the President cope with the new atmosph...
16 Mar 201947min
