This event is part of the Illusions of Peace Conference, hosted by the National Army Museum in partnership with the Western Front Association and the the British Commission for Military History.

Discover the impact that the First World War had on Europe in this session which will last approximately two hours, including time for audience questions. The following papers will be presented:

Professor William Philpot - ‘Grandeur and Misery of Victory’: France's Quest for Security in a New World Order

Dr Matthias Strohn – ‘I believe and confess that a people can value nothing more highly than the dignity and liberty of its existence’: The Aftermath of the First World War in Germany

Dr Vanda Wilcox - From Caporetto to Fiume: Legacies of Defeat and Victory in Italy after the First World War

Adam Zamoyski – All Hell on the Eastern Front

Illusions of Peace: The Aftermath in Europe