Versailles Peace Settlement
Versailles Peace Settlement ( 1919 – 23 )Sometimes referred to as the Paris Peace Settlement, a collection of peace treaties between the Central Powers and the Allied powers ending World War I. The main treaty was that of Versailles ( June 1919 ) between the Allied powers (except for the USA, which refused to ratify the treaty) and Germany, whose representatives were required to sign it without negotiation.
Another treaty, that of St Germain-en-Laye ( September 1919 ), was between the Allied powers and the new republic of Austria . A third treaty, that of Trianon ( June 1920 ), was with the new republic of Hungary , in which some three-quarters of its old territories (i.e., all non-Magyar lands) were lost to...
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