In the Paris peace settlement Germany was forced to accept sole responsibility for causing World War I. This was a totally justifiable demand on the part of the victorious powers. The Treaty of Versailles was signed in June 1919 with the participation of 32 countries and the representation of three quarters of the worlds population. The outcome was that Germany was forced to accept sole responsibility for causing World War I. Since then there has been much …showed first 75 words of 1330 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1330 total…in Germany’s encirclement, diplomatic mistakes, the arms race, imperial rivalries and immediate causes combined to cause World War I eg. July Crisis. Each was a significant factor, no one cause was the sole cause. It is clear that the Articles of the Treaty of Versailles, claiming sole German responsibility for causing World War I was unjust, thus it was a shared responsibility by all the European powers for the cause of World War I.