The Allies and Armenia, 1915-18.
The rebirth of Armenia in 1918 was preceded by the greatest tragedy in the history of the Armenian people - Turkish massacres of the Armenians. The new country had been supported by Great Britain, France, and the United States, yet the secret wartime agreements had not been repudiated and up to December 1918 the fate of the country was still in question. Armenia was not included in the delegation of powers to determine its own fate. Not until January 1920 did the Allies recognize the Republic of Armenia. Turkey signed the Treaty of Sèvres in August 1920, but Armenian gains were short-lived because of the Turkish national movement, Russian expansion southward, and Allied ambivalence.