Article 231. the allied and associated governments affirm and germany accepts the responsibility of germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the allied and associated governments and their peoples have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of germany and her allies. –treaty of versailles, 1919 what is the main purpose of this article of the treaty of versailles? to define germany’s territorial losses to establish germany’s war guilt to describe germany’s military disarmament to establish the league of nations