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What were the factors that led Germany to agree to an armistice?
The military situation was turning against the Germans.
Wilson's 14 points gave Germany hope for a fair peace.
German allies had withdrawn.
Russia had successfully launched a new offensive.
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Correct: 1, 2 and 3 were factors; 4 was not.
- The military situation was turning against Germany: by autumn 1918 the Allied Hundred Days Offensive had broken through German lines, losses, desertions and exhausted resources made continued fighting impossible.
- Wilson’s Fourteen Points did give Germany hope of a fair negotiated peace and encouraged German political leaders to seek an armistice with the United States as mediator.
- German allies had withdrawn or collapsed (Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire, and especially Austria-Hungary), leaving Germany isolated and unable to continue the war alone.
Incorrect:
- Russia had successfully launched a new offensive: by 1918 Russia was out of the war (Brest-Litovsk) and did not mount a new offensive that forced Germany to sue for an armistice.
- The military situation was turning against Germany: by autumn 1918 the Allied Hundred Days Offensive had broken through German lines, losses, desertions and exhausted resources made continued fighting impossible.
- Wilson’s Fourteen Points did give Germany hope of a fair negotiated peace and encouraged German political leaders to seek an armistice with the United States as mediator.
- German allies had withdrawn or collapsed (Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire, and especially Austria-Hungary), leaving Germany isolated and unable to continue the war alone.
Incorrect:
- Russia had successfully launched a new offensive: by 1918 Russia was out of the war (Brest-Litovsk) and did not mount a new offensive that forced Germany to sue for an armistice.
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