Which document placed the blame for World War I on Germany?

The Treaty of Versailles is the document that placed the blame for World War I on Germany. Signed in 1919, it was the peace settlement that formally ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers. One of its most controversial clauses, Article 231, known as the "War Guilt Clause," explicitly assigned responsibility for the conflict to Germany and its allies. This clause not only blamed Germany for the outbreak of the war but also set the stage for significant reparations that Germany was required to pay, contributing to political and economic turmoil in the country in the years that followed.

The Treaty of Paris refers to another series of treaties that ended different conflicts, primarily the Treaty of Paris of 1783, which ended the American Revolutionary War, and the Treaty of Paris of 1898, which ended the Spanish-American War. The Pact of Locarno, established in 1925, was aimed at securing post-war territorial settlements in Europe and promoting peace, while the Munich Agreement of 1938 was primarily focused on the appeasement of Adolf Hitler's Germany prior to World War II. Thus, only the Treaty of Versailles directly placed the blame for World War I on Germany.