Wen World War I ended on November 11, 1918, peace talks went on for

months due to the Allied leaders wanting to punish the enemy and

"dividing the spoils of war."

A formal agreement to end the war was made and called the Treaty of

Versailles. The issue that took the most time were the territorial

issues because the empires of Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman, and

Germany had collapsed. These fallen empires had to be divided up and

America's President Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau of France,

Vittorio Orlando of Italy, and David Lloyd George of Great Britain, were

the main deciders of this deal.

During 1918, Russia was knocked out of the war due to military

defeats and the Bolshevik Revolution. Even though Russia had not been

part of the Central Powers, Germany seized much of western Russia.

After many months of arguing, the four men had made western Russia into

the nations of Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland.

The Treaty of......

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Title: How The Treaty Of Versailles Effected Germany
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