Definitions for "Treaty of Versailles"
Also known as the Treaty of Paris. An agreement between Great Britain and the United States of America, signed in 1783, which ended the American Revolution and recognized the independence of the United States. Back to the Top
The peace treaty that ended World War I, placing all the blame on Germany. Burdened with heavy reparations, loss of land and serious financial difficulties in general, the Nazi party found an easy scapegoat for their difficulties, in the Jews.
the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans