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 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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