e war to end all wars. Clearly, it did not achieve this lofty goal. The defeat of Germany led to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, and that document was intended to lead to a new and more peaceful world. To achieve this, though, the victors believed they had to bind Germany so that the German military would never again be able to threaten the rest of Europe. There was more than a slight element of punishment in the provisions placed upon Germany by the victors, though the victors did not fully agree among themselves as to the proper course to take. The Treaty of Versailles was the result of the Paris Peace Conference, organized b
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