<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Article 231, often known as the War Guilt Clause, was the opening article of the reparations section of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War between the German Empire and the Allied and Associated Powers . The article did not use the word "guilt" but it served as a legal basis to compel Germany to pay reparations for the war . </P> <P> Article 231 was one of the most controversial points of the treaty . It specified: </P>

Paragraph 231 of the versailles treaty dealt with