The Rise and Fall of Empires with Dr. Stanley Carpenter / Kingston Free Library 

Wednesday, December 28, 6:30 PM

PART II: 1918 AND THE FALL OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE

Join us at the Kingston Free Library as Dr. Stanley Carpenter continues his four-part lecture series about the rise and fall of various empires throughout history. Part II addresses 1918 and the Fall of the German Empire.

The lecture addresses the final years of the First World War that ended the German Empire as the Allied powers forced an armistice and eventual peace treaty at Versailles in 1919. Major events leading up to 1918 are highlighted, including the outbreak of the war in 1914, the Battles of the Somme, Verdun, and Jutland, the German 1918 offensives on the Western Front, the United States' intervention as an Allied Power, and the Hundred Days Campaign that finally forced German capitulation. Dynamics of warfare in the period such as naval power, emerging military tactics and doctrine, and new technology are discussed. 

Dr. Stanley D.M. Carpenter is Emeritus Professor of Strategy and Policy at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He retired in 2020 after 22 years and served as Strategy and Policy Department Head, where he taught and administered the Strategy and War nonresident programs and served as the Naval War College Command Historian.

For more information or to register, email Britta at bobertello@skpl.org or call 783-8254 ext. 4303.