The end of the war came suddenly and left the Allies scrambling to set up the peace conference that would negotiate the treaty that would formally end the Great War.

The first item on the agenda, at Woodrow Wilson’s insistence, would be the League of Nations.

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Now that we have concluded the Great War, we take an episode to examine the most important lessons learned.

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The United States held a mid-term election just before the Armistice. The United Kingdom called a general election just afterward. Both elections would affect the shape of the post-war world.

Also, we say farewell to Theodore Roosevelt, who passed away in January 1919.

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