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Comment by UIUC_06

your link and comments are about WW II. Versailles was the treaty that ended WW I.

> Germany was in no position to keep fighting.

No one was in 1918 and everyone was exhausted, but "defending the homeland" is a more powerful motivator than anything the Allies had. Germany asked for an Armistice "on the basis of the 14 Points" which did not include occupation.

parent UIUC_06 2 years ago

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