The Spa Conference was a meeting between the Supreme War Council

Supreme War Council

The Supreme War Council was a central command created by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George to coordinate Allied military strategy during World War I. It was founded in 1917, and was based in Versailles...

 and Weimar Republic

Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...

 in Spa, Belgium

Spa, Belgium

Spa is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liège. It is situated in a valley in the Ardennes mountain chain, some southeast of Liège, and southwest of Aachen. As of 1 January 2006, Spa had a total population of 10,543...

 on 5–16 July 1920. It was the first post-war conference to include German representatives. The attendees included British and French Prime Ministers Lloyd George and Alexandre Millerand

Alexandre Millerand

Alexandre Millerand was a French socialist politician. He was President of France from 23 September 1920 to 11 June 1924 and Prime Minister of France 20 January to 23 September 1920...

, German Chancellor Constantin Fehrenbach. The Conference mainly discussed disarmament of Germany and war reparations

War reparations

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 required by the Treaty of Versailles

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The conference also discussed the territorial dispute over Cieszyn Silesia

Cieszyn Silesia

Cieszyn Silesia or Těšín Silesia or Teschen Silesia is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, centered around the towns of Cieszyn and Český Těšín and bisected by the Olza River. Since 1920 it has been divided between Poland and Czechoslovakia, and later the Czech Republic...

 between the Second Polish Republic

Second Polish Republic

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 and Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

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. After the conference, on 28 July 1920, the territory was divided between the states leaving Zaolzie

Zaolzie

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 with a sizable Polish minority on the Czech side of the border. This division also created further future animosities between these two countries.