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unusual facts about Versailles Treaty



Military history of Italy during World War I

Italy's representative in the Paris Peace Conference which led to the Versailles Treaty was Premier Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, considered one of the "Big Four" with President Woodrow Wilson of the United States, Prime Minister David Lloyd-George of the United Kingdom, and Premier Georges Clemenceau of the French Republic.

Museum of World War II

Formed over a period of more than 50 years by its founder, Kenneth W. Rendell, the museum's collections document in detail the events of the war, from the signing of the Versailles Treaty, which ended World War I, to the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crimes trials, which brought the Second World War to its close.


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Arthur S. Link

Link had previously stated that Wilson would have taken the same unbending stand against ratification of the Versailles Treaty with Henry Cabot Lodge's reservations if he had enjoyed perfect health.

Centre for the Study of the Causes of the War

On 16 June 1919, Clemenceau, the French president, presented an ultimatum to Germany--if it did not accept the peace treaty, war would recommence--and on 28 June 1919 Germany accepted the Versailles Treaty.

Dornier Do R

The Superwal went into service with Severa and later DVS in List, both organisations of the German government to develop military Seaplanes ignoring restrictions of the Versailles treaty.

Rearmament

German re-armament (Aufrüstung), the growth of the German military in contravention of the Versailles treaty (1930s)

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Treaty of Versailles (1757), expansion of 1756 Versailles treaty to Saxony, Sweden and Russia; see Diplomatic Revolution