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Capitulation at Versailles (disambiguation)

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History doesn’t repeat itself , but it often rhymes.” That Trumps handlers gave no regard for the historic significance of signing a document of surrender at Versailles is about as much as you need to know about how bad history will be to Trump

"They say history repeats: it should be added, the first time as tragedy, the second as farce." - The 18 Brumaire of Louis Napoleon, Karl Marx

Signed June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was the primary peace document that officially ended World War I. Under Article 231, Germany was forced to accept full responsibility for starting the war. Germany was required to pay massive financial reparations (billions) to cover Allied war damages.