Voices of the Armistice: with love from Hetty

Extracts from the Treaty of Versailles that ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers. Original document catalogue reference: FO 93/36/76 

The announcement of the Armistice in China and details of celebrations and commemorations. Original document catalogue reference: CO 873/547 

Many thought that Germany was capable of winning World War One until the very end. Unlike World War 2, in which the Allies believed that victory was inevitable as early as 1943, this was not the case with the Great War. It is also easy to assume that German defeat was inevitable ...  عرض المزيد

Si le 11 novembre 1918 la guerre est terminée, il faut désormais établir une paix durable. 

Et pour cela, une conférence de paix se réunit en janvier 1919 à Versailles. 

Elle aboutit six mois plus tard à la signature d’un traité, le célèbre traité de Versailles.< ...

Most Americans are indifferent about the nation's involvement in World War One (under half say the U.S. had a responsibility to fight in the war; one-in-five say it didn't). Many figure it entered the conflict too late to claim much credit, or intervention was discreditable. Some ...  عرض المزيد

Among the conflicts that convulsed Europe during the nineteenth century, none was more startling and consequential than the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871. Deliberately engineered by Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the war succeeded in shattering French supremacy, deposi ...  عرض المزيد