Once the armistice was signed, the allied leaders (Woodrow Wilson for the USA, George Clemenceau for France, and DavidLloyd-George for Britain) decided the terms of peace. It was a diktat – Germany had no say in the terms
The peace treaty was signed at the Palace of Versailles, 28th June 1919 (the Treaty of Versailles)
The treaty was unpopular with the German people, they called the officials the ‘November Criminals’ and said by signing a treaty when the Germany army not been defeated, they had ‘stabbed Germany in the back’ (dolchstoss
