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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instanceOf international political system
peace settlement
post–World War I international order
alsoKnownAs Versailles system
surface form: Versailles order
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
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: 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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After the Deluge mainSubject Versailles system
Versailles system alsoKnownAs Versailles system
this entity surface form: Versailles order