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The war guilt clause forced Germany to take all the blame for World War I.
The Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I between the German Empire and the Allied Powers, had a specific clause in Article 231. The clause is known as the War Guilt Clause. It was the opening article of the reparations section of the Treaty of Versailles.
reparations (because of the war guilt for World War One)
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War guilt clause
The war guilt clause forced Germany to take all the blame for World War I.
Commonly known as the "Guilt Clause" or the "War Guilt Clause", Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles.
Clause 231 was that Germany had to accept war guilt for starting the war.
War Guilt clause
Commonly known as the "Guilt Clause" or the "War Guilt Clause", Article 231 is the first article in Part VIII, "Reparations" of the Treaty of Versailles. Apart from "Article 231", there is no title for this article in the treaty itself. ...(answered from Pakistan)
War guilt clause
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Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles - the War Guilt Clause - stated that Germany had to accept blame for the war. This clause then allowed the Allies to order Germany to pay reparations... £6.6 BILLION.
War guilt clause
Many Germans felt that the war-guilt clause in the Treaty of Versailles unfairly placed all blame for World War I on Germany, leading to a strong sense of injustice and humiliation. This contributed to the rise of nationalist sentiments and public resentment towards the treaty, fueling support for revisionist and militaristic attitudes in the interwar period.
Forced Germany to admit sole responsibility for started WWI