Dream of World Conquest Ends In Defeat and Revolution
The article declares the Great War ended with Germany's defeat and the Kaiser fleeing to Holland. It recounts armistice terms, German miscalculations, and the Allied push from Chateau-Thierry to victory, noting America’s entry and the world’s relief at ending the Kaiser’s ambitions.
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Germany
Kaiser—Frederich Wilhelm Victor Albert
Emperor Wilhelm II
Holland
Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Russia
Nicholas
France
Kaiser
Great Britain
America
Paris
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Lens
United States
Belgium
Edith Cavell
Lusitania
Earth
kKaiser
Austria
Wilhelm II
Seven Seas
Man
Kiel
Chateau-Thierry
Middle West
Bouresches
Bois de Belleau
Calais
Foch
North Sea
Verdun
Turkey
Kaiser Wilhelm
Friedrich Wilhelm
William II
Metz
Strassburg
Lorraine
Alsace
Poincare
Clemenceau
Brussels
Sia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Italy
Trentino
Trieste
Dalmatia
Ukrainie
Galicia
England
Mesopotamia
Syria
Palestine
Greece
Armeniao
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Balkan
Dardanelles
Talant Pasha
Enver Pasha
Djemel Pasha
Minrine
Rulers Abandon Thrones as Europe Faces Postwar Chaos
Edward W. Pickard surveys central Europe after the armistice. He notes German Socialists consolidate power under Ebert, revolts flare in Berlin and cities, and monarchies collapse while leaders flee. Allies plan food relief for Germany and prepare for a new world order centered on democracy and peace terms.
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Europe
Germany
Friedrich Ebert
Berlin
Bavaria
Schleswig-Holstein
America
England
France
Doctor Solf
Wilson
Belgium
Serbia
Poland
Roumania
Herbert C. Hoover
Austria
Kaiser
William Hohenzollern
Count Bentinck
Holland
Napoleon
William
Corfu
Admiral von Tirpitz
Keim
von Holtzendorff
Wolfgang Knapp
Hindenburg
Potsdam
Charles of
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Ireland
Baltimore
Nantucket
Maass
Herbert Asquith
David Lloyd George
General Nivelle
Petrograd
United States of America
Falmouth
Congress
General Pershing
Yankees
Bingen
Rhine
Helgoland
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
United War Work
Central Europe
Edward W. Pickard
Versailles
Peace Board
Lansing
Colonel House
Elihu Root
Louis Brandéis
Alsace-Lorraine
Luxemburg
Prus
National Association of Manufacturers
Department of War
Army
Navy
Marines
The
Food Administration
Chairmaine Baruch
War Industries Board