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Paris Peace Conference a meeting begun on January 18, 1919, to address post–World War I peace issues. Among the controversial issues addressed at the conference were territory disputes, governance of colonies captured during the war, and reparations. It resulted in the Treaty of Versailles and ended with the formal establishment of the League of Nations on January 16, 1920.

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