William Tyler
- Sep 2
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A Faulty Peace and Broken Promises. 1918-22

This is the first of three lectures which looks at the period in British History from the end of The First War to the start of the Second.

Synopsis

Differing reactions to news of The Armistice . 11.11.18
Did our modern world begin in 1918?
'The War to End All Wars' & 'A Land Fit for Heroes to Live in', were both to prove hollow
An uneasy and uncertain time that ended with the fall of Lloyd George in 1922
The international scene proved equally awkward
1914-18 War marks a divide in history. We turn to the poet & author Edward Thomas to illustrate this

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