WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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A speech made by the German president
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A trade agreement signed by Germany
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A peace treaty that ended World War I
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A verdict of the International Military Tribunal
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Detailed explanation-1: -Article 119. Germany renounces in favour of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers all her rights and titles over her oversea possessions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Article 119: Germany renounces in favour of the Principle Allied and Associated Powers all her rights and titles over her overseas possessions. (Germany loses colonies to Great Britain, France, and Japan) Article 159: The German military forces shall be demobilized and reduced as prescribed hereinafter.
Detailed explanation-3: -After trying and failing to negotiate some of the more severe terms and facing threats of resumed war should they not sign, the German delegates signed the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919 in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles.
Detailed explanation-4: -The document stripped Germany of 13 percent of its territory and one tenth of its population. The Rhineland was occupied and demilitarized, and German colonies were taken over by the new League of Nations. The German army was diminished to 100, 000 men and the country was forbidden to draft soldiers.