Please join us via webinar for our next free Department of the Interior Library Park Ranger Speaker Series lecture, entitled "The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922" on Wednesday, October 19th from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm ET.
Three years after the Versailles Peace Treaty was signed in Paris to end the First World War, there was a great concern about a possible naval arms race. So representatives from Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, and Japan came to Washington in November 1921 to begin talks to shrink naval armaments. The Washington Naval Conference concluded in February 1922 with the idea of reducing the numbers of capital ships (such as battleships or aircraft carriers) based on tonnage. Japan came away from the conference with great disappointment over the results. Many historians point to this particular conference as the beginning of the path leading Japan into the World War II. Please join Park Rangers Paul O'Brian and Chip Dewell for a look at the intended and unintended consequences of the Washington Naval Conference and Treaty of 1922, a conference meant to insure peace amongst world powers, but instead led to resentment and future conflict.
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We hope you can join virtually on October 19th!
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