End of the War
The final Allied push towards the German border began on October 17, 1918. As the British, French and American armies advanced, the alliance between the Central Powers began to collapse. Turkey signed an armistice at the end of October, Austria-Hungary followed on November 3.
Germany began to crumble from within. Faced with the prospect of returning to sea, the sailors of the High Seas Fleet stationed at Kiel mutinied on October 29. Within a few days, the entire city was in their control and the revolution spread throughout the country. On November 9 the Kaiser abdicated; slipping across the border into the Netherlands and exile. A German Republic was declared and peace feelers extended to the Allies. At 5 AM on the morning of November 11 an armistice was signed in a railroad car parked in a French forest near the front lines.
The terms of the agreement called for the cessation of fighting along the entire Western Front to begin at precisely 11 AM that morning. After over four years of bloody conflict, the Great War was at an end.
Germany began to crumble from within. Faced with the prospect of returning to sea, the sailors of the High Seas Fleet stationed at Kiel mutinied on October 29. Within a few days, the entire city was in their control and the revolution spread throughout the country. On November 9 the Kaiser abdicated; slipping across the border into the Netherlands and exile. A German Republic was declared and peace feelers extended to the Allies. At 5 AM on the morning of November 11 an armistice was signed in a railroad car parked in a French forest near the front lines.
The terms of the agreement called for the cessation of fighting along the entire Western Front to begin at precisely 11 AM that morning. After over four years of bloody conflict, the Great War was at an end.
Paris Peace Conference
The twenty-seven different nations had different and often conflicting aims so most sessions of the conference deteriorated into pandemonium. The Allies did not allow representatives of the Central Powers to participate. Also, the Allies threatened to renew the war if the terms they laid down were not accepted.
Peace Treaties
The World War 1 peace treaty was called the Treaty of Versailles. It called for a number of changes for Germany, a few of which included that Germany and Austria were not to ally again, the German army was to be limited, and Germany was limited in its abilities to trade in an attempt to limit their activities i.e. - invading neighboring countries.
European Countries Created After the War
The 11 countries created after the war are Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Czechoslavakia, Austria, and Hungary.
Middle Eastern Countries Created After the War
The 5 middle eastern countries that were created after World War 1 are Syria, Iraq, Transjordan, Palestine, and Lebanon.