Treaty of Versailles

( 1919 ) Commentary by David Simonelli, Youngstown State University

Glossary

Gr. gross (literally, great)
Great German General Staff the official German organization for the ongoing study of all aspects of war and for developing both preparations for war and plans for active combat
Kl. klein (literally, small)
neutral Moresnet a small territory that had been, for about one hundred years, governed jointly by Belgium and Germany
Pioneers the elite volunteer unit that operated the flamethrowers deployed against France in the war

Prime Minister David Lloyd George (Library of Congress)

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