treaty of versailles

     

The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that officially ened World War I. It was signed on June 28, 1919, exactly 5 years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, one of the events that triggered the start of the war. Although the armistice signed on November 11, 1918 put an end to the actual fighting, it took six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude a peace treaty. Of the many provisions in the treaty, one of the most important and controversial provisions required Germany and its allies to accept full responsibility for causing the war and, under the terms of articles 231-248, disarm, make substantial territorial concessions and pay reparations to certain countries that had formed the Entente powers. The Treaty was undermined by subsequent events starting as early as 1922 and was widely flouted by the mid-thirties.

Trivia about treaty of versailles

  • Of the 5 treaties signed at the end of World War I, this one was signed with Germany
  • This treaty, signed in France in June of 1919, didn't take effect until January 10, 1920
  • This treaty that ended WWI was repudiated by Hitler in 1935
  • On November 19,1919 the U.S. Senate failed to ratify this treaty which established the League of Nations
  • By a clause in this treaty, Germany was forced to accept responsibility for causing the war
  • In March 1920 the U.S. Senate did not ratify this treaty that created the League of Nations
  • On June 28, 1919, this was signed in the Hall of Mirrors
  • Although President Wilson signed this in France on June 28, 1919, the Senate refused to approve it
  • It ended World War I(1919)
  • March 16, 1935:Hitler orders Germany to rearm itself in violation of this treaty

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