Versailles Opens: The Peace Conference That Failed
Delegates from thirty-two nations gathered at the Palace of Versailles to draft a peace treaty that would redraw the map of Europe and dismantle four empires. Their decisions directly triggered the collapse of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires while sowing the seeds for future conflict through harsh territorial losses imposed on Germany.
January 18, 1919
107 years ago
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France
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Palace of Versailles
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Paris Peace Conference, 1919
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Versailles
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World War I
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Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920)
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Wilhelm I
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Hall of Mirrors
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German Emperor
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Liste des monarques de Prusse
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Histoire de Berlin
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Brandenburg–Prussia
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Selbstkrönung
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Königsberg
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Kingdom of Prussia
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Königskrönung Friedrichs III. von Brandenburg
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Königsberger Schloss
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