"The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies." — Treaty of Versailles, Article 231 (1919)
This "war guilt" clause stood in greatest tension with which of Wilson's stated war aims?
- Acheck_circle
a "peace without victory" and self-determination of peoples
- B
freedom of the seas
- C
removal of trade barriers
- D
reduction of national armaments
Explanation
Wilson had urged in 1917 a "peace without victory"; Article 231's punitive blame clashed with that vision and the Fourteen Points' conciliatory tone.