IN CONTEXT
Peace after World War I
1914 The four empires of Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Turkey, and Tsarist Russia rule over vast lands.
1916 British and French diplomats meet secretly to determine the fate of the post-Ottoman Arab world.
1919 The Paris Peace Conference sets out the terms and conditions for post-war peace.
1920 The Treaty of Sèvres carves up the Ottoman Empire to remake the Middle East.
September 3, 1939 World War II begins with the German attack on Poland.
October 24, 1945 The League of Nations, having disbanded, reforms after World War II as the United Nations.
After four years of global conflict, 16 million people ...
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