3.3.3

Armistice

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Armistice (Peace Agreement)

After the Kaiser abdicated, the next step was for Germany to withdraw from the war.

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The Armistice (peace agreement)

  • On 11 November 1918, Friedrich Ebert admitted defeat and signed the armistice (peace agreement) with the Allies.
  • Some Germans felt that Germany could have won the war and so were ‘stabbed in the back’ by Ebert and his government.
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Friedrich Ebert's legacy

  • Ebert and the politicians who negotiated peace became known as the ‘November Criminals’.
  • This event was exploited by the Nazi Party in their rise to power in the 1930s.

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1The Causes of the First World War

2The First World War: Stalemate

3Ending the War

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