Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The End of the War
- War OVER - November 1918
- USA joined the Allies in 1917
- Sent one division at first
but more the next year
- German commander Ludendroff tried one more
big attack before the increase in Allied troops
- The Ludendroff Offensive - they
attacked several points along the line of
the enemy trenches at the same time
- The Allies counter-attacked by from different
sides and used tanks to push the German
back through France towards Germany
- An armistice caused them to stop
before the German reached Germany
- Trench warfare worn Germany down. They
couldn't carry on and so asked for an
armistice to be signed on the 11th November
- The peace treaty (Versailles) was signed in June 1919
- 'The War to End all Wars'...?
- Many felt that politicians and authority
figures couldn't be trusted anymore after
they tried to hide information about the war
- People even thought that the generals had been being
incompetent and didn't care about the loss of life
- Did upper class dominate society?
- Soldiers returned home to unemployment
and poverty - what had they been fighting for?
- Loss of young men had unbalanced society
- People still wanted revenge on the Germans
- There were some positive outcomes: the feeling of victory
and attitudes to women and the poor had improved
- Lloyd George was re-elected
Prime Minister in December 1918