treaty of versailles?

Question

what is the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 1

The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the peace treaty which officially ended World War I between the Allied and Associated Powers and the Central Powers. After six months of negotiations, which took place at the Paris Peace Conference, the treaty was signed as a follow-up to the armistice signed on November 11, 1918 in the Compiègne Forest (which had put an end to the actual fighting). Although there were many provisions in the treaty, one of the more important and recognized provisions required Germany to accept full responsibility for causing the war and, under the terms of articles 231-248, make reparations to certain countries that had formed the Allies.

Negotiations between the Allied powers started on January 18 in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles. 70 delegates of 26 nations negotiated about the treaty conditions. Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Russia were excluded from the negotiations. Until March 1919 the most important role for negotiating the extremely complex and difficult terms of the peace fell to the regular meetings of the "Council of Ten" composed of the five major victors (the United States, France, Great Britain, Italy, and Japan). As this unusual body proved too unwieldy and formal for effective decision-making, Japan and - for most of the remaining conference - the foreign ministers left the main meetings, so that only the "Big Four" remained. [1] After Italy left having her territorial claims to Fiume rejected, the final conditions were determined by the leaders of the "Big Three" nations: United States, France and Great Britain. The "Big Three"[2] that negotiated the treaty consisted of Prime Minister David Lloyd George of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau of France and President Woodrow Wilson of the United States of America. The Prime Minister of Italy, Vittorio Orlando, played a minor part in the discussions. Germany was not invited to France to discuss the treaty. At Versailles, it was difficult to decide on a common position because their aims conflicted with one another. The result was an "unhappy compromise".[3]

On April 29, the German delegation under the leadership of the foreign minister Ulrich Graf von Brockdorff-Rantzau arrived in Versailles. On May 7, the anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, the Germans finally received the peace conditions. Terms imposed by the treaty on Germany included partitioning a certain amount of its own territory to a number of surrounding countries, being stripped of all of its overseas colonies, particularly those in Africa, and its ability to make war again was limited by restrictions on the size of its military. Because Germany was not allowed to take part in the negotiations, the German government issued a protest to what it considered to be unfair demands, and soon afterwards withdrew from the proceedings. On June 20 a new government under chancellor Gustav Bauer was installed in Germany after Philipp Scheidemann resigned. Germany finally agreed to the conditions with 237 vs. 138 votes on June 23.

On June 28, 1919[4]the new German foreign minister Hermann Müller and the minister of transport Johannes Bell agreed to sign the treaty, and it was ratified by the League of Nations on January 10, 1920. In Germany, the treaty caused shock and humiliation that contributed to the collapse of the Weimar Republic in 1933, particularly because many Germans did not believe that they should accept the sole responsibility of Imperial Germany and its allies for starting the war.

Answer 2

The peace treaty which officially ended World War I. After six months of negotiations the treaty was signed as a follow-up to the armistice signed on November 11, 1918 in the Compiegne Forest, which had put an end to the actual fighting. There were many provisions in the treaty. One of the more important and recognized provisions required Germany to accept full responsibility for causing the war and make reparations to certain countries that had formed the Allies.

Answer 3

the treaty negotion at the end of world war one that screwed over most of the ottoman empire. it was an agreement that of many things, germans had to repay the british and french some amount of money. the germans and others couldnt have an army. It also was the fuel that fired up world war 2. it was because of this agreement that the germans were so angry and why the ecomoany was horrible. this was how hitler was able to rise to power, by the public being fed up with how things were and him promising for change. and since the public had nothing really to lose by following hitler many did. theres much much more to it but thats just a snap shot of it.

Answer 4

the end of ww1 when germany lost and had to pay for the war

Answer 5

Do your own homework. Dang kids.