Table M-3: Service/Agency Names. Appendix M: Military Rank/Civilian Pay Grade Abbreviations and Service Agency Names. Page M-12 DTS Release 1.7.1.9, DTA Manual, Version 4.4.23, Updated 6/30/09. This document is controlled and maintained on the www.defensetravel.dod.mil Website.
By Robert Wilde. Summary: Signed on June 28th 1919 as an end to the First World War, The Treaty of Versailles was supposed to ensure a lasting peace by punishing Germany and setting up a League of Nations to solve diplomatic problems.
The German politicians were not consulted about the terms of the Treaty. They were shown the draft terms in May 1919. They complained bitterly, but the Allies did not take any notice of their complaints. Germany had very little choice but to sign the Treaty.