In a nutshell because the french wanted revenge for the franco prussian war

the treaty of versailles was exceppent propaganda to use for right wing extremists but I agree its role beyond that is usually overstated. There were plentx of right wing dictatorships at that time but only germany had this treaty so there are other factors at play

east germany was not part of the soviet union btw

Interesting question. I guess it comes down to how you define a town and a road

i mean thats not besides the point at all but ok

one can reasonably argue that ww2 in Asia starts in 1937. Saying that ww2 started in 39 is a very European/Western centric view point

no im pretty sure that they called them grenades too