troops lead to a decisive victory for the parties, the allies at the end of the war, but his ee newsation, we may remember what his 14 points said, among other things, was that this war could be terminated, could be ended on principal. it didn't have to be a fight to the death. this was an innovation coming from an important leader of an important country. additionally, it can be seen as a response to the revolution in russia which had occurred two or three months early in 1917. the 14 points announced in january of 1918. so wilson was basically saying, we can maintain the western europe and the world that we all know. we can still have the forms of government that we're comfortable with and we can end this war without a fight to the death. and it would take another better part of a year, another nine or ten months, until the german empire accepted wilson's 14 points as the basis for peace and the date of that acceptance was known as armastice day. today it's called veterans day. we still honor it as a national holiday even 100 years later. so in that time, wilson was the world leader who