eaty of Versailles outlining the fate of the German empire. The Treaty of Versailles was intended to prevent an incident such as this from ever happening again. It was understood by the Central Powers that just as the armistice was based off of Wilson's 14 points so too would the Treaty of Versailles. The German government not only hoped for this outcome but so too did Wilson himself. Wilson knew that the only means by which you could base peace was to have a truly partial peace treaty coupled with self-determination of nation-states and a unified body of representatives from all nations to!
             discuss issues and protect democracy before war resulted.
             Although the allies agreed to use the 14 points as a basis for the armistice, it became quite evident at the Peace conference that they had no intention of the points dominating the final treaty. Many of the Allies wanted to see Germany pay severely for (in their mind) causing the war in the first place. It was in this area where Wilson was forced to compromise the most on his points. Wilson believed that the most important aspect o
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