On January 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson announced his Fourteen Points, which would serve as the basis for peace in November 1918. The points are shown here in the original shorthand draft by Wilson himself.

Shown here is Wilson’s pencil draft on White House stationery of his announcement of the armistice ending World War I on November 11, 1918.

Examined the upheaval of World War I as Americans confronted it—both at home and abroad. The exhibition contains a section titled "World Overturned: Peace and a New World Order?", which includes the first publication in America of the Treaty of Versailles.

The Library of Congress’s collections contain a wide variety of materials related to the First World War. This guide provides access to the Library’s digital collections, external websites, and a selected print bibliography related to the Great War.

On January 18, 1919, a few months after the end of World War I, leaders from the Allied nations began a series of discussions that became known as the Paris Peace Conference to settle issues raised by the war and its aftermath.

On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allies signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending World War I and providing for the creation of the League of Nations.