Germany · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
At Versailles Germany sign a Treaty that assigns full responsibility for causing the conflict (Article 231, the "war guilt clause") and calls for the creation of an international reparations commission to determine the amount due to the Allies
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