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- Peace Ship "Oscar II" at Hoboken, New Jersey, 1915 - Disgusted by the carnage of World War I, Henry Ford launched a well-meaning but naive effort to end it in December 1915. He chartered the ship <EM>Oscar II</EM> to carry a party of citizen-mediators to Europe to negotiate for peace. But the delegates feuded among themselves, press support faded, and Ford himself tired of the bickering. The "Peace Ship" expedition failed.
- December 01, 1915
- Collections - Artifact
Peace Ship "Oscar II" at Hoboken, New Jersey, 1915
Disgusted by the carnage of World War I, Henry Ford launched a well-meaning but naive effort to end it in December 1915. He chartered the ship Oscar II to carry a party of citizen-mediators to Europe to negotiate for peace. But the delegates feuded among themselves, press support faded, and Ford himself tired of the bickering. The "Peace Ship" expedition failed.