Overview
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, and officially ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
The controversial War Guilt clause blamed Germany for World War I and imposed heavy debt payments on Germany.
The Treaty of Versailles was a major contributing factor in the outbreak of the Second World War.
Ending the First World War: the Paris Peace Conference
Exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand—the event that tipped Europe into world war—the Treaty of Versailles was signed in Paris on June 28, 1919. The armistice signed on November 11, 1918 officially ended the hostilities, but the negotiations between the Allied victors at the Paris Peace Conference lasted six months and involved diplomatic delegations from over thirty-two countries