Question

Explain the treaty of Versailles.

Answer 1

The Treaty of Versailles (French: Traité de Versailles) was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of warbetween Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919 in Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which had directly led to World War I. The other Central Powerson the German side of World War I signed separate treaties.[6] Although the armistice, signed on 11 November 1918, ended the actual fighting, it took six months of Allied negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty. The treaty was registered by the Secretariat of the League of Nations on 21 October 1919.

Answer 2

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The treaty of Versailles was the Treaty that was signed on 28 th June , 1919 .

The Treaty was decided by Woodrow Wilson , the President of U.S , George Clemenceau , the Prime Minister of France and Lloyd George , the Prime Minister of Britain .

The treaty was not a peaceful treaty as it was dictated against the defeated nations.

TERMS OF TREATY

The treaty declared Germany guilty of agression.

Germany was required to pay 33 billion dollars as war reparations .

Germany had to supply huge quantities of coal to the Allies.

Germany had to demilitarize the Rhine Valley.

Germany lost Alsace Lorraine to France .

Germany lost Eupen-et-Malmedy to Belgium .

She lost Schwelsig to Denmark .

She had to reduce her military .

She lost all her colonies and pre-war territories .

RESULTS OF THE TREATY

The treaty gave rise to the Second World War .

It was not a peaceful settlement .

The League of Nations could not do anything to stop Germany in the Second World War.