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Description: | Louis Dauphin
image: the ship USS George Washington docks in Brest harbour on 13 December 1918, with American President Woodrow Wilson
onboard.
Wilson travelled to France to attend the Paris Peace Conference, which opened on 18 January 1919. Wilson had
articulated an idealised vision of the world after the First World War, famously known as the 'Fourteen Points', which was controversial
both in America and Europe. France was primarily concerned with securing rapid reparations from Germany after the war's end and ensuring
that Germany accepted responsibility for the conflict, which jarred with Wilson's longer term vision but was ultimately crystallised in the
Treaty of Versailles. It is widely argued that the harshness of this treaty contributed to the relative speed of the onset of another world
war, only twenty years later. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | politicians shipping Woodrow troopship United States Navy Transport flag / banner / standard seascape GEORGE WASHINGTON (USS) First World War Wilson | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Dauphin, Louis | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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