WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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German payment of reparations.
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the loss of all of Germany’s overseas colonies.
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Britain’s loss of Australia
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Germany having to accept full responsibility for starting the war.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The primary significance of the Treaty of Versailles was to establish the conditions of peace ending World War I, but Australia’s role as a signatory and full member of the League of Nations marked the first step to recognition of the full national status of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Italy had to be given land given her in the secret treaty of 1915. Only the defeated powers were disarmed. Britain refused to accept freedom of the seas, and neither Britain, France nor Belgium would allow self-determination to the colonies in their empires.
Detailed explanation-4: -Signing the treaty The treaty was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles on 28 June 1919. Hughes signed it on behalf of Australia as a member of the British Empire.