The war to end all wars

B & W Photo gelatine on paper 205 x 152 Tank nº 9891 At the IWM there is a photo of the same tank from other angle: IWM Q 7113 Men of the 20th Battalion Regiment (25th Division) resting by a British MK V (female) tank serial number 9891 of the 301st Bfn, A. Coy, disabled by a side-slipping down a railway embankment on the 29th September. Photo taken near Prémont on 8 October 1918 Colour: by Doug.

"The war to end war" (also "The war to end all wars"; originally from the 1914 book The War That Will End War by H. G. Wells) is  a term for the First World War of 1914–1918 H.G. Wells called it the “war that will end war,” which later morphed into “the war to end all wars.”  Wells coined this phrase in a Times editorial. His 1914 editorials are easily accessible in a book: The War That Will End War World War I was known as the “war to end all wars”  because of the great slaughter and destruction it caused . Unfortunately, the peace treaty that officially ended the conflict—the Treaty of Versailles of 1919—forced punitive terms on Germany that destabilized Europe and laid the groundwork for World War II.