Traumatised by combat, demobilised soldiers return home to the four corners of a war-shattered world. At the Palace of Versailles, the victors draw the borders of new nations, created through strife.
Hatred, fear and bitterness resurface, bringing chaos to the new world order. Nations try to rebuild, but the USA withdraws into isolation. The threat of communism frightens European democracies and populist movements spring up, determined to impose their totalitarian ideology