In Paris, France, some of the most powerful people in the World met to begin the long, complicated negotiations that would officially mark the end of the First World War.
Leaders of the Victorious Allied powers- France, Great Britain, the United States and Italy would make most of the crucial decisions in Paris over the next six months.
Representatives from Germany were excluded from the peace conference until May when they arrived in Paris and were presented with a draft of the Versailles Treaty.
Having put great faith in the US President Woodrow Wilson's promises, the Germans were deeply frustrated and disillusioned by the treaty, which required them to forfeit a great deal and pay reparations.
Even worse, the infamous Article 231 forced Germany to accept sole blame for the war.
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28 1919,five years to the day after a Serbian nationalist's bullet ended the life of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and sparked the beginning of World War 1.
In the decades to come, anger and resentment of the treaty and it's authors festered in Germany. Extremists like Adolf Hitler's National Socialist (Nazi) party capitalized on these emotions to gain power, a process that led to the second global war.
