The Paris Peace Conference The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of the Allied victors, following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers following the armistices of 1918. It took place in Paris during 1919 and involved diplomats from more than 32 countries and nationalities. The major decisions were the creation of the League of Nations; the five peace treaties with defeated enemies, including the Treaty of Versailles with Germany

The League of Nations was the first international organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace

The Treaty of Versailles Some Clauses: 1) Germany and its allies were to accept full responsibility for the outbreak of the war ( the War Guilt clause) 2) All German overseas investment and territory (colonies in Africa and the Pacific) was taken away and given to the allies. 3) Germany was required to demilitarize (remove ALL soldiers and military installations) the Rhineland (along the French and Belgian borders). 4) Germany was required to give up control of the coal mines of the Saar basin. 5) Germany was required to give Alsace and Lorraine back to France and some territory to Belgium. 6) Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria and to acknowledge the independence of Czechoslovakia. 7) Germany was ordered to reduce its army to 100,000 and to eliminate its airforce and navy. 8) Germany was to pay billions in war reparations, primarily to France but also to the other victorious powers. The amount was not actually set at the time the Treaty was signed.

Was the Treaty of Versailles a Fair and Just Settlement to the War?