Often known as “The Great War,” and clocking in with over 37 million military and civilian casualties, World War I is among the deadliest recorded conflicts in human history. When also taking into account the thirty plus countries involved and over 65 million combatants, this war is also one of the largest in recorded human history. New military tactics and technology such as trenches, machine guns, and mustard gas were only a few of the huge factors that caused the amount of blood shed during this particular war. These changes, as well as the number of countries and combatants involved make World War I one of the most notable wars in history. While World War I began on July 28, 1914, it was not until April 6, 1917 that the United States
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He suggested and pursued the removal of trade barriers, arms reduction, and more freedom for those navigating the seas. These ideas went along with what was called the League of Nations, which was supposed to mediate disputes and supervise arms reduction while also keep the peace between nations. While these goals and ideas were not unrealistic or even misleading, they were overly idealistic. They relied on the idea that there were no real victors of the war, which was an idea that might seem ok to the United States, which had only fought in the war for about six months, but for the Allied countries that had been fighting for four years such as France and the British Empire this idea was not very interesting. The main reasons that Wilson’s goals were not achieved though, was because the biggest leaders of the Allies, France, Britain, and the United States dominated the peace conference at Versailles, leaving out Russia and Germany, as well as treating other smaller countries unequally. They ignored a global Pan-African Congress that had been organized by prominent black leaders, neglected Arab leaders who had been their military allies, and rejected a proposition made by Japan about a declaration for the equal treatment of all races. It is no surprise that Wilson’s ideas that included, “peace among equals,” failed when the most powerful countries did not treat other countries as equals. Aside from this the United States Congress rejected the treaty for peace that was eventually decided upon at Versailles. This meant that the League of Nations did not have the power that it needed in order to properly keep the peace, causing it to essentially fail alongside Wilson’s ideas of international
He suggested and pursued the removal of trade barriers, arms reduction, and more freedom for those navigating the seas. These ideas went along with what was called the League of Nations, which was supposed to mediate disputes and supervise arms reduction while also keep the peace between nations. While these goals and ideas were not unrealistic or even misleading, they were overly idealistic. They relied on the idea that there were no real victors of the war, which was an idea that might seem ok to the United States, which had only fought in the war for about six months, but for the Allied countries that had been fighting for four years such as France and the British Empire this idea was not very interesting. The main reasons that Wilson’s goals were not achieved though, was because the biggest leaders of the Allies, France, Britain, and the United States dominated the peace conference at Versailles, leaving out Russia and Germany, as well as treating other smaller countries unequally. They ignored a global Pan-African Congress that had been organized by prominent black leaders, neglected Arab leaders who had been their military allies, and rejected a proposition made by Japan about a declaration for the equal treatment of all races. It is no surprise that Wilson’s ideas that included, “peace among equals,” failed when the most powerful countries did not treat other countries as equals. Aside from this the United States Congress rejected the treaty for peace that was eventually decided upon at Versailles. This meant that the League of Nations did not have the power that it needed in order to properly keep the peace, causing it to essentially fail alongside Wilson’s ideas of international