Catalina Espinosa
Research expert covering society, economy, and politics for Europe and the EU
Treaty of Versailles - Statistics & Facts
Following the First World War, the Allied Powers convened at the Paris Peace Conference to establish the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers. The Armistice of November 11, 1918, which effectively ended the war, had already set out provisional terms for Germany's retreat and reparations, however the Treaty of Versailles, which was the most important peace agreement to emerge from the Conference, built upon these terms and went into much more detail and depth. The Treaty was signed on June 28, 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and took effect on January 10, 1920.
