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The
Paris Peace Conference
In January, 1919, the leaders of the Allies – including Britain, France,
Italy, the United States and Japan – gathered in Paris to forge the peace
settlement that would formally end the Great War. In all, 27 countries gathered
in the City of Light, each there to demand its rightful place in the new world
order. Members of the British Commonwealth – Canada, Australia and New
Zealand – attended to back up Britain’s demands and to demand recognition
for their own respective contributions to the victory. Complicating matters even
more was the presence of the Poles, Czechs, Finns and even the Chinese, all interested
in staking their claim amidst the re-drawing of the map of Europe – and
the world. Uninvited were the vanquished – Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey
and the newly-minted Bolshevik Russia. They would have no say in the terms of
the new peace.
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Canadian
Officers under Bridge
While leaders negotiated the terms of
peace, Canadian soldiers and officers waited in the cities of Europe to be returned
home to their wives and families.
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