...Versailles Treaty, which Germany signed, thereby ending World War I. . . . The Allied and Associate Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility...and her allies for causing all the loss and damage. . . . According to the Versailles Treaty, who was responsible for World War I? Why? Document 5 In this...

...consequence of a war imposed on them by . . . aggression." The Versailles treaty at Article 231 provides: "The Allied and Associated Governments affirm, and...nationals have been subjected as a consequence of a war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her Allies."7 According to the treaty's war-guilt...

...Ausdruck insbesondere in dem berühmten „War-Guilt-Clause" des Artikels 231 des Versailler Vertrages: „The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and...and her allies for causing all the loss and damage ... as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by aggression of Germany and her allies." Im April...

...provision was Article 231, which forced the German representatives to acknowledge sole responsibility "for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nations have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany...

...provided a very specific legal basis for financial reparations: "The Allied and Associated Governmems affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany...loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governmems and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of a war imposed upon them by the...

...as follows in the paragraphs of the Treaty as it has been published to the world. Article 231 reads: "The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and...accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for cansing all the loss and damage to which tho Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals...

...limired to 100,000 men. What Germans resenred most, however, was Article 231 of the treaty, asserting 'the responsibility of Germany and her allies for...causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associared Governments and their nationals have been subjecred as a consequence of the war imposed...

...advantage. Under this article, Germany was prevented from taking advantage of her airplanes. ARTICLE 231: "The Allied and Associated governments affirm...been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed on them by the aggression of Germany and her allies. ..." Translation: First of all, the major "Associated"...

...gegenüber der Zivilbevölkerung wurde in Richtung einer integralen "war indemnity" erweitert: "[...] all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated...Governments and their nationals have been subjected [...]" 3. Der auf ausdrücklichen Wunsch von Lloyd George schon früh eingeführte zentrale Begriff...

...COST OF WAR Germany accepts responsibility ... for causing the loss and damage to which the Allies and Associated Governments and their nationals have...been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed on them by the aggression of Germany and her allies. Clause 23 I of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919....