Western Civilization II / Unit 14 WC2 1323 short lesson, about 20 seconds
November 1918: Armistice, Abdication, the Stab-in-the-Back Myth
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The idea
Sailors mutinied at Kiel, and on the ninth of November the Kaiser's abdication was announced; he crossed into the Netherlands. The Social Democrats' civilian government sent the delegation that signed the armistice on the eleventh. Hindenburg and Ludendorff authored the stab-in-the-back myth.
In practice
The alternative to the armistice was invasion.
Where people slip
The delegation's leader is disclosed, not named.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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