Woodrow Wilson Fourteen Points

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During Wilson Presidency his war aims for peace around the globe. President Wilson wanted land, money, and to have complete control over Germany people, but overall he just wanted peace throughout the world also known as the fourteen points. The fourteen points were a statement supposed to end the war peacefully without declaring victory. The points compromised during treaty talks at Versailles. Wilson’s allies weren’t too happy about the war.
Germany started war by dropping their U-boats all around Europe water. During the Great War President Wilson sent over four million eight hundred thousand soldiers with 112,000 being killed by the end of the war just to prove the world should be safe and peaceful democracy. Woodrow also had many others

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