To understand an event i its context consider similar events you know about in history based on what you know about the treatment of defeated countries in other wars what were some of the options for ending world war 1
One option for ending World War 1 was to have a peace treaty where the defeated countries had to pay reparations and give up some of their land. This was what happened in the Treaty of Versailles with Germany. Another option could have been to have a more lenient peace treaty where the defeated countries were not punished as severely. Lastly, the war could have ended with a ceasefire and no official peace treaty, which would leave tensions unresolved and potentially lead to future conflicts.
