Versailles, 1919
Topics
- The Conference in Paris.
- The Mandate system.
- Palestine.
- The origins of World War II.
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was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers. It was signed in the Palace of Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which led to the war.