Plus, I read an account that after the armistice you could be executed for advancing past allied lines and talking to the German's. What were they hiding.
2006-11-22 23:51:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It is semantics. The Germans were beaten. They gave up. Surrender by any other name is still surrender.
You are trying to create an 88 year coverup. Try reading some history books.
2006-11-22 23:59:45 · answer #1 · answered by regerugged 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
simply because the germans were not prepared to sign a surrender, and the allies thought that it was not worth to keep the killing going on just to change one word in a de-facto surrender treaty.
Consorting with the enemy (providing aid and comfort) was always considered a treasonable offense, and subject to execution. I wish some of the liberal politicians and activists today would remember that.
2006-11-23 08:11:54 · answer #2 · answered by cp_scipiom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋