War to end all wars, how did US among others failed their efforts in 1919

Question

The United States entered World War 1 in April 1917, ostensibly to join in the effort labeled as the “War to End All Wars”. How did the United States, among others, fail that effort in 1919? Specifically, if further wars followed throughout the 20th Century, how and why did United States not contribute to that goal?

Answer 1

Because the Bush Administration got greedy.

Answer 2

Actually, had Woodrow Wilson's 14 points been adopted, the 20th century would have been very different.  You can pin the failures of 1919 squarely on the French and British who, after losing so many lives and so much money, were only interested in expanding their empires and punishing Germany.

Your last sentence makes no sense.  It sounds like you're asking, "How and why did the US not contribute to the goal of further wars?"

Answer 3

The Central Powers were sore losers after the first World War, and the Allied powers "rubbed it in."  After losing the war, the economies and governments of the Central Powers were in need rebuilding and repair, and these countries were in serious debt.  In addition, the Allied Powers forced the Central Powers to pay "reparations" to compensate the Allied Powers for their debts in fighting the war.  This left the Central Powers with a bitter taste in the mouths: not only did they have to rebuild their cities, but they also had to pay the Central Powers.  Their destroyed economies were in no shape to do this.  Propaganda from people such as Hitler placed all the blame on the Allied Powers, thus paving the way to WWII.

The United States learned from its mistake in World War I.  When we go to war with a country, it is followed by billions of dollars of aid and urban renewal.

One of the large mistakes of World War I (also leading to it's high losses) was outdated battle tactics with "modern" weapons.  Soldiers were lined up and marched on the field, but the advancement in gun technology allowed soldiers to be shot much faster with more accuracy.  The same tactics effective with bows and arrows or swords were quite a mistake in WWI.

Answer 4

So what the heck is your questions?

As I recall, the US was the reason that the Allied forces won WWI, and it was the French specifically that demanded the harsh treatment of Germany at the end of the war.

So where the heck do you come off saying that the US failed in their effort?

If anyone failed, it clearly was the French who wanted revenge.

So what specifically is your objective in attempting to rewrite history?

Answer 5

considering world war 1 ended in 1918, its not surprising that the US failed. to put it bluntly the role of the US was minimal in ww1. they actually entered the war in 1917 bringing in around 50,000 troops a month, considering the french had over 7,000,000 troops deployed this wasnt a huge contribution, american troops were fairly inexperienced in trench warfare and failed to learn from early massacres of frontal assaults. the failure to prevent another war however was largely due to the weakness of the league of nations, unable to stop any major conflicts such as the manchurian crisis. the harshness of the treaty of versailles also caused anger amongst germans perhaps leading to hitler's desire to rearm. america tried to convince european nations to disarm but with hitler in the fray, its a good job many countries didnt listen.

to conclude, the LON was weak, the TOV was too harsh and hitler was mental. most countries, mainly britain, france and the USA appeased hitler, letting him re-militarise the rhineland and invade czechoslovakia.  war was inevitable to stop germany taking over all of europe.  

Answer 6

The US did try by the league of nations, which was a failure, as too the united nations is. The war in Korea was the result of the United Nations. They also order Palestine to give it up for Israel. They split Viet Nam in Half, as they did in Korea, and got a war. However you can not have world peace as long as there is nationalism, different currencies, different religions that don't get a long. You can not have world peace as long as there are have nots who want what the rest of the world has. You can not have world peace as long as there is mega maniacst that want a New World Order on their terms, regardless the cost. Your question interests me that it seems to reflect  wanting to put it on the USA? One should not search for who to blame, but search for a way of solving this problem. Peace, Koshu

Answer 7

Hitler was a crazy guy.

Answer 8

Sorry.  You're going to have to do your own homework.  I will give you a hint though.  Look up the history of the League of Nations.

Answer 9

The sole reason it was not in fact the "war to end all wars" is that there were still living creatures on the planet after it was over.

As long as there are living creatures (including plants) there will be conflict.

It is now known that tribes of chimpanzees fight wars, plants employ chemical weapons to claim territory for themselves and their descendants, pods of dolphins will fight each other to the death over the right to feed and breed in some areas, etc. etc.

Fighting and warfare is in the nature of all living creatures, therefore only the total elimination of life will stop it.

Answer 10

well, for one thing world war II was pretty much going to happen because with the treaty at the end of world war I germany was basically f'd.  they had no money, no army, nothing, so the people were desperate and when ur desperate u'll do anything for basic necessities and hitler came along promising land, and money, and absolute domination over the world that had forsaken them so they said h**l yes and thats how hitler / third reich got started.  as for wars after that, they were initially basically due to the cold war.  wars were being fought everywhere as democracy v communism, where the "democratic" states where in many cases just as much totalitarian as teh communist ones, but we backed them anyways becasue they said they were democratic.  vietnam, korea, were all part of the cold war, anyone who tells you there were no casualties in the cold war is bs'ing u.  just becasue we didn't declare war on russia both sides were still losing soldiers, just not to each other directly.  current wars i the middle east can be traced back to when we gave the afganis weapons to fight of teh russians.  we left a little too early and the wrong people got control and decided to start f'ing with us which brought around 9/11 and teh current war in afganistan.  of course saddam tried killing bush's daddy which lead to the war in iraq.

Answer 11

the US and other Nations did try and meet that goal, however you can't do it by being a nice guy like the French, and English tried to do with Franco,Mussolini,and Hitler.

A non-effective world organization like the League of Nations can't stop wars or keep the peace. if you don't believe me look at the UN they have tried to do both with little or no success.

Answer 12

Because it was a foolish dream from the beginning.  There will always be wars as long as there is something to gain.