It was basically an article saying that Germany took full responsibility for the war, and so agreed to pay the price for this. Hence the reparations and loss of land etc.
Clause 231 was that Germany had to accept war guilt for starting the war.
because article 231 was the war guilt clause, which stated that Germany was directly responsible for the war
Definently Article 231, aka "The War Guilt Clause"
The Armistice signed on the 11th November 1918 ended the First World War. The Treaty of Versailles signed on 28th June 1919 blamed the Germans though (specifically, Article 231 or the "War Guilt Clause").
No, but the fourteen points were excessively biased - for instance, the wordage in some cases was very anti-Germany in general. As an example, it was stated that Germany should return the stolen territory of Alsace-Lorraine to France. The issue with that was that at the time Alsace-Lorraine was nearly exclusively German speaking and -wanted- to be in Germany.
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)
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.
because article 231 was the war guilt clause, which stated that Germany was directly responsible for the war
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.
Definently Article 231, aka "The War Guilt Clause"
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.
The Armistice signed on the 11th November 1918 ended the First World War. The Treaty of Versailles signed on 28th June 1919 blamed the Germans though (specifically, Article 231 or the "War Guilt Clause").
No, but the fourteen points were excessively biased - for instance, the wordage in some cases was very anti-Germany in general. As an example, it was stated that Germany should return the stolen territory of Alsace-Lorraine to France. The issue with that was that at the time Alsace-Lorraine was nearly exclusively German speaking and -wanted- to be in Germany.
War guilt clause
The war guilt clause forced Germany to take all the blame for World War I.
Article 231 or the War Guilt Clause from the Treaty of Versailles signed at Versailles Palace stated that Germany and her allies were to be blamed for starting the Great War. Following on from this, Article 232 stated that Germany were to pay the allies £600million in reperations. (This was actually less than what France had originally demanded as compensation)