The committee was the first in a former enemy power and Ware saw its work as uniting the nations in "an organised movement of common remembrance of the dead of the Great War." He was convinced that by uniting nations through memorials, another war could be prevented. Longworth writes that Ware intended to use "the Commission as a sort of minor League of Nations to forward the work of international understanding."
The committee was the first in a former enemy nation and Ware saw its work as unifying nations through "an organized movement of common remembrance of the dead of World War I." He believed that by uniting nations through memorials, another war could be prevented. Longworth writes that Ware intended to use the Commission as a sort of minor League of Nations to promote international understanding.