Versailles system

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The Versailles system was the post–World War I international order established by the Treaty of Versailles and related agreements, designed to reshape Europe’s borders, limit German power, and uphold a fragile collective security framework.

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Versailles system canonical 6
Versailles order 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international political system ⓘ
peace settlement ⓘ
post–World War I international order ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Versailles order ⓘ
linked to: Versailles system
appliesToPeriod interwar period ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialChange creation of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
creation of new states in Central and Eastern Europe ⓘ
creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ⓘ
dissolution of Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
dissolution of German colonial empire ⓘ
recognition of Polish independence ⓘ
redrawing of German borders in Europe ⓘ
territorial losses of Germany to France, Belgium, Denmark and Poland ⓘ
basedOn Paris Peace Conference agreements ⓘ
Treaty of Lausanne ⓘ
Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine ⓘ
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye ⓘ
Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ
Treaty of Trianon ⓘ
Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
characterizedBy contested legitimacy in Germany ⓘ
fragile balance of power ⓘ
revisionist pressures from defeated and dissatisfied states ⓘ
designedBy victorious Allied powers of World War I ⓘ
endCause outbreak of World War II ⓘ
endTime 1939 ⓘ
geographicScope Europe ⓘ
German colonial territories worldwide ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
hasKeyActor France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
newly created Central and Eastern European states ⓘ
hasKeyPrinciple collective security ⓘ
disarmament of defeated powers ⓘ
national self-determination ⓘ
hasMainGoal limit German power ⓘ
prevent another major European war ⓘ
reshape European borders after World War I ⓘ
uphold collective security ⓘ
historicalAssessment often regarded as unstable and short-lived international order ⓘ
includesInstitution League of Nations ⓘ
includesProvision demilitarization of the Rhineland ⓘ
limitations on German navy and air force ⓘ
military restrictions on Germany ⓘ
prohibition of German conscription ⓘ
reparations imposed on Germany ⓘ
war guilt clause against Germany ⓘ
startTime 1919 ⓘ

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Little Entente → relatedTo → Versailles system ⓘ
After the Deluge → mainSubject → Versailles system ⓘ
Versailles system → alsoKnownAs → Versailles order ⓘ
linked to: Versailles system
World War I reparations → partOf → Versailles system ⓘ
La Paix (1919) → relatedTo → Versailles system ⓘ