11 th hour of the 11 th day of the 11 th month Germany Surrenders Today known as Veterans day. As this was the war to end all wars, that did not work out and thus Veterans Day was created

Hitler decided to erase history by having the French surrender in the same wagon on 22 June The carriage was then taken back to Berlin and put on display until With the advance on Berlin in 1945 the Waffen SS initially moved it into Thuringia and then finally destroyed it by fire.

June 1919 Germans summoned to France to sign Treaty of Versailles. Wilson’s 14 points progressive attempt to end future war and provide stability in Europe Only point excepted by Europe is the League of Nations League of Nations rejected by the US.

Germany will be held Morally and Financially responsible for war: Why: A) Schlieffen Plan showed motivation to capture the continent B) Poison Gas and Killing of Civilians Ordered to pay 33 billion dollars in reparations Armed forces reduced to virtually nothing Return all captured land including German Land and new borders separating former German speaking people

The Balfour Declaration insisted on a Jewish Homeland (Zionist Movement) Versailles Treaty of 1919, Britain was entrusted with the temporary administration of Palestine, with the understanding that it would work on behalf of both its Jewish and Arab inhabitants.

Hitler is arrested put in prison where he dictates to Rudolf Hess Mein Kamph My Struggle, Hitlers plan for a new Germany

25 Million Dead in Europe 500,000 Dead in America

500,000 African Americans move from rural areas to cities to work and suport the war effort 400,000 fought in ww1

Red Summer of 1919 Following the war the economy crumbled. At one point 4 out 5 workers went on strike. Returning soldiers and those who came to cities during the Great Migration where no longer welcomed. Tensions rose and race riots broke out in the industrial cities. Especially in Chicago. Lynching’s and violence erupts.