Although Germans would protest that Article 231 of the Versailles Treaty—the so-called War Guilt Clause—blamed them for all the destruction in the war, the same clause appeared in treaties ...

DAN SNOW:I've never seen the Treaty of Versailles, so I've come here to ... loss of their armed forced, the War Guilt Clause leading to the reparations agreed at £6 billion.

In early 1919 the victorious Allies met to discuss how to punish Germany and on 28 June 1919 the new German government was forced to sign a peace settlement called the Treaty of Versailles.