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Definition of Treaty of versailles

1. Noun. 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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Treaty Of Versailles

Literary usage of Treaty of versailles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The Entente obliged Germany to renounce this treaty under the drastic terms of the Treaty of Versailles signed 28 Juno 1919. ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"The Treaty of Versailles, which the two Powers signed on May 1, 1756, was, ... King Frederick received the news of the Treaty of Versailles somewhat ..."

3. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1907)
"More recently, a par of the American press has taken the position that the rearmament of Gei many is a violation of Part V of the Treaty of Versailles and ..."

4. The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of by Frank Maloy Anderson (1904)
"treaty of versailles When interpellations addressed to the ministers or petitions sent to the ... Preliminary Treaty of Versailles. February 26, 1871. ..."

5. The German Socialist Party: Champion of the First Republic, 1918-1933 by William Harvey Maehl (1986)
"Mixed Majority Socialist Reaction to Accepting the Treaty of Versailles ... 64 Until 7 May 1919, when the 440 articles of the Treaty of Versailles were ..."

6. History of Prussia by Herbert Tuttle, Herbert Baxter Adams (1896)
"On the eleventh of January, 1757, articles were signed at St. Petersburg by which the empress acceded to the treaty of Versailles, and a defensive alliance ..."

7. Documents Illustrative of the Canadian Constitution by William Houston (1891)
"The Treaty of Versailles, 1783." British Declaration< Versailles, 1783. * * * In order that the fishermen of the two nations may not give came fur daily ..."

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