The Allies set about to the devising of a peace settlement with the defeated Germany. ... They described a peace program in which a "League of Nations" was to be formed in order to preserve the peace. The fourteen points instilled a sense of hope and peace, and laid the groundwork for the armistice. ... Historian Anthony Wood, in his book Europe 1815 - 1960, commented the "spirit of revenge" that the Europeans possessed : The fundemental significance of Versailles was emotional rather than rational. ... This created a Polish "corridor" to allow Poland access to the sea, but it also sepa...

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They were denied citizenship in Christian countries because they would not give up their religion, and were forced to live in ghettos, separate from Christian communities. ... He became a millionaire from the sale of this book, and due to his enormous popularity was released from Landsberg after only nine months, on the condition that he would never enter into politics or try to overthrow the government. ...

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After the First World War, the Treaty of Versailles was established. Germany was greatly affected by this because under the treaty, they were to follow some major changes financially, politically, militarily and territorially. Because of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany accepted the War Guilt Claus...

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