AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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a supply or stock of something provided.
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the providing or supplying of something, especially of food or other necessities.
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arrangement or preparation beforehand, as for the doing of something, the meeting of needs, the supplying of means, etc.
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a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The treaty forced Germany to surrender colonies in Africa, Asia and the Pacific; cede territory to other nations like France and Poland; reduce the size of its military; pay war reparations to the Allied countries; and accept guilt for the war.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-3: -All Central Powers were directed to pay war indemnity. The German army was to be limited to 100, 000 men. A small navy was allowed, but there were to be no submarines and no air force. The union of Austria and Germany was forbidden and Germany was to acknowledge and respect the Independence of Austria.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Treaty of Versailles was a peace document signed between Imperial Germany and the Allied Powers on 28th June 1919. The treaty ended the state of war that had existed between Germany and the Allies from 1914 and brought World War I to an end.