Sunday, February 18, 2024

Feb 18– Treaty of Ghent (1814)

'Mu(rica)sic

Reading

Feb 18– Treaty of Ghent (1814)

Summary: Everything goes back to how it was before the war, and the UK and US appoint a bunch of commissioners to judge things.\

Commentary: It's really interesting to look at a treaty between two hypothetically equalish powers, where neither one was annihilated. Most of the others I've seen are like, "Germany gets owned by the Allies for X years." 

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