USA HISTORY

Which statement below correctly describes the war guilt clause found in the Treaty of Versailles?

(A) The war guilt clause stated that Austria-Hungary and Germany were responsible for World War 1.

(B) ** The war guilt clause stated that Germany was solely responsible for World War 1.

(C) The war guilt clause stated that Russia and Germany were responsible for World War 1.

(D) The war guilty clause stated that many countries were responsible for World War 1.

Concept note-1: -Perhaps the most humiliating portion of the treaty for defeated Germany was Article 231, commonly known as the “War Guilt Clause, ” which forced the German nation to accept complete responsibility for initiating World War I. Germany was required to make enormous reparation payments.

Concept note-2: -Most importantly, Article 231 of the treaty, better known as the “war guilt clause, ” forced Germany to accept full responsibility for starting World War I and pay enormous reparations for Allied war losses.

Concept note-3: -Article 231, often known as the War Guilt Clause, was the opening article of the reparations section of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War between the German Empire and the Allied and Associated Powers.

Concept note-4: -The war guilt clause of the treaty deemed Germany the aggressor in the war and consequently made Germany responsible for making reparations to the Allied nations in payment for the losses and damage they had sustained in the war.