Versailles Treaty

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Versailles Treaty has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Dan Carlin (Oct 2017). The treaty's restrictions on Germany post-WWI influenced the rearmament and military strategy of Nazi Germany.

The Treaty of Versailles 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. The other Central Powers on the German side signed separate treaties. Although the armistice of 11 November 1918 ended the actual fighting, and agreed certain principles and con