Versailles, Treaty of

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1. The treaty that officially ended World War I, signed at the Palace of Versailles in France. The leading figures at the treaty negotiations were Premier Georges Clemenceau of France, Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Britain, and President Woodrow Wilson of the United States. The treaty was far more punitive toward Germany than Wilson's Fourteen Points; it required Germany to give up land and much of its army and navy and to pay extensive reparations for damages to civilians in the war. The treaty also created the League of Nations.

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Example Sentences

The Versailles Treaty of 1919, which many people blame for World War II, was an anomaly.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2017

The Versailles Treaty of 1919 that ended World War I put Germany under a huge reparations bill.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas