Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles this basis that Germany surrendered. Following negotiations, the Allied Powers and Germany signed an armistice, which came into effect on 11 November while German forces were still positioned in France and Belgium. On 18 January 1919 the Paris Peace Conference began. The conference aimed to establish peace between the war's belligerents and to establish the post-war world. The Treaty of Versailles resulting from the conference dealt solely with Germany. This treaty, along with the others that were signed during the conference, each took their name from the suburb of Paris where the signings took place. While 70 delegates from 26
Balkans Campaign (World War I) were successful in containing the German-Austro-Hungarian advance into Moldavia at Mărăşti, Mărăşeşti and Oituz. In May 1918, Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and after the German advance in the Ukraine Romania, surrounded by the Central Powers forces, had no other choice but to sue for peace (see Treaty of Bucharest (1918)). After the Vardar Offensive on the Macedonian Front knocked Bulgaria out of the war, Romania re-entered the war on November 10, 1918. Prior to direct intervention in World War I, Italy occupied the port of Vlorë in Albania in December 1914. Upon entering the war, Italy spread its