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.

Outside Europe, the repercussions of the First World War continued to be felt beyond the armistice. This session will last approximately 1.5 hours and will include time for audience questions. The following papers will be presented:

Dr Dan Whittingham – Illusions of Peace: The Ongoing War and Failure to Achieve ‘Peace with Turkey’, 1918-23

Alan Wakefield – ‘An Education in Itself’: The British Military Mission to South Russian, 1918-20

Professor Ali Ansari – Persia and the Persian Question: The End of the Great War in Iran

Illusions of Peace: Beyond Europe