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The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. ... This article, Article 231, later became known as the War Guilt clause. The treaty required Germany to disarm, make ample territorial concessions, and pay reparations to certain countries that had formed the Entente powers.
The warring parties in first world war signed no fewer than 16 peace treaties at the end of the devastating conflict. The most important was the 1919 Treaty of Versailles in which the victorious Allies made Germany accept responsibility.