The End Of The First World War

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it was really only the Big Three. These three countries made the major decisions for all the allies. President Wilson ranted to make special demands on the allies, along with their commitments to each other. The treaty was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles near Paris. The United States did not ratify this agreement but did sign a separate treaty with Germany in June of 1921.
By the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was required to abolish all military service. Germany also had to reduce her military army to 100,000 people, which are not very many men. Germany could not have any military on the left bank of the Rhine River and the land on the right bank 31 miles from river. She had to stop all importing and exporting. Germany could only have 24 naval ships, with no submarines. She was pretty much shut down as far as anything went. Germany had to give up the coalfields to France for ten years. The United States allies gave a bill of 25 ...

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