World War I: Part Three: 1918: The Outcome
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50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of final months of World War I. At the start of 1918, war had been raging in Europe for four long years, and both sides were exhausted by the conflict. The German military leadership, believing that the Allies were weaker than the Kaiser’s army, launched a series of major offensives. However, they underestimated their opponents, who were able to turn the tables and put an end to the deadliest conflict the world had ever seen.
In just 50 minutes you will:
• Learn about the German army’s failed military operations in the final months of the war
• Analyse the events leading to Germany’s surrender, including the collapse of its allies and the Allied counter-offensive
• Understand the aftermath of the war, including the peace negotiations and the immense human and material cost
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World War I - 50minutes
KEY INFORMATION
When: 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918.
Where: Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania.
Countries involved:
The Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire.
The Allies and associated countries: the British Empire, France, Tsarist Russia, Italy, Serbia, the USA, Japan, China, Belgium, Romania, Portugal, Luxembourg, Greece, Albania, Montenegro and most of the South American countries.
Outcome:
Allied victory.
Collapse of the German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman and Russian Empires.
Establishment of new states.
Victims: More than 9 million dead.
INTRODUCTION
At the end of 1917, when the First World War had already been dragging on for almost four years, Germany could finally believe that victory was not far away. The French and British had been left weakened by their failures in the Second Battle of the Aisne and in Flanders Fields. The Italian army had been soundly beaten and lost some 300 000 men at the Battle of Caporetto in October. Finally, Russia, which had been forcing the Reich to fight a war on two fronts since 1914, had just succumbed to the Bolshevik Revolution.
However, Germany needed to act quickly. The national economies of its allies had been worn down by the war and the enemy blockade, and were on the verge of falling apart. Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria were on the verge of famine, while industrial and agricultural production was collapsing. In the Ottoman Empire, meanwhile, the difficulties were so severe that the central government was gradually losing all authority over its provinces. And that was not the worst of it: since joining the Allies in April 1917, the United States had been constantly sending troops, military equipment and capital to Europe, which risked definitively tipping the war in favour of the Allies. For Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937) and Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), the Chiefs of the General Staff since 1916, it was now double or nothing: the war needed to be ended as soon as possible, because over time defeat would be inevitable. The Great War was entering its final stages.
On 11 November 1917, in Mons in occupied Belgium, Erich Ludendorff announced to the main leaders of the Westheer (the German