The first photo shows the hall of mirrors, and impressive and historical room, bordered by the war room (above right) on one side, and the peace room on the other. The Hall of Mirrors is famous -- or infamous -- for a couple major events. In 1871, after finally breaking the Paris commune and consumating the victory against France, Bismarck had the Prussian King crowned Emperor William I. The new German Reich was proclaimed in the hall of mirrors, after German troops marched through Paris, completing the process of German unification. In 1919 after World War I, Versailles was the place where the peace treaty was hammered out, and signed in the hall of mirrors. No one was real happy with it. Woodrow Wilson had wanted to focus on building a democratic order and League of Nations, he didn't want to punish Germany or worry about reparations. Wilson's preaching and idealistic rhetoric didn't sit well with old war horses Clemenceau of France and Lloyd-George of Great Britain who wanted to punish Germany so bad they could never think of waging another war. When young British economist John M. Keynes argued that the peace treaty was so economically devastating to Germany that it could arouse anger and lead to another war, his views were dismissed -- Germany would be kept weak to keep peace in Europe. The first German delegate to Versailles even refused to sign the treaty that had Germany pay massive reparations and admit war guilt. That left it to the Social Democrats to sign and thus be burdened with blame for accepting an unfair treaty. After WWII the victors found a better way to deal with the defeated Germany.