The End of War, The Start of War
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| A copy of The Treaty of Versailles 1919 |
The official ending of the First World War was not marked by a cessation of fighting or by the Armistice of 11 November 1918. It took another six months of negotiation between the Allied Powers to agree terms to be imposed on Germany. The Treaty of Versailles, between the Allied Powers and Germany, was eventually signed by Germany on 28 June 1919.
It is now widely believed that the terms of the treaty, and the huge reparations required of Germany within it, contributed to the start of the Second World War.
The other treaties signed by the Central Powers' belligerents were:
