How did World War 1 end????

Question

I need 2 know how world war 1 ended? As much detail as possible would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

The First world War ended when Germany could no longer effectively defeat the stranglehold of the allied forces on land and by sea. The allies not only militarily defeated Germany, but they literally starved Germany of supplies.

Germany was totally unprepared for Total War - a war of attrition.

Outnumbered by superior economies, Germany could not continually manufacture weapons or provide supplies to troops in the field. The German navy, which was supposed to guarantee Germany supplies from the North Sea, was no longer an effective fighting force. While Germany was able to knock Imperial Russia out of the war - Germany still could not defeat the combined economic, man power and military power of the British Empire, the United States, Japan.

Key German allies Italy, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, had ceased being able to provide effective fighting forces in the field. By 1918 - German military forces alone were fighting the major battles and suffering large casualties that Germany could not replace in manpower or supplies. The failure of the last major offensive by German Generals Ludendorff and Hindenburg to break the stranglehold meant an end to German military might.

To save Germany from Occupation by allied forces - and the military trial of Kaiser Wilhelm II for war crimes, Prince Max of Baden approached the allies and signed the unconditional surrender of Germany in 1918. The official end of the First World War signed at Versailles.

The guns fell silent on the 11th hour of 11th November 1918 - Armistice day. The war to end all wars - all so they thought....

Answer 2

Why Did World War 1 End

Answer 3

The British army joined the French, pursuing a weary campaign of sniping at the enemy from the trenches, interrupted by occasional forays over the trench walls and coming face to face with the enemy. The Americans joined the trenches in 1917, and brought in tanks in an attempt to break the deadlock. After four years of dogged fighting and a total of 10 million deaths, it became clear that the German army could not carry on the fight. The Germans were running out of materiel, facing starvation at home, and frustrated soldiers were deserting. In October 1918, the German generals asked for a cease fire.

There were long and protracted negotiations. The Germans would not surrender and the Allies, British French and Americans, had fought too long to accept that kind of a truce where the other side remained fully armed. They needed the Germans to disarm, and demanded severe conditions for an armistice. On 10th November 1918, the German government collapsed and the Kaiser abdicated, leaving the German army no choice but to accept the Allies terms. It was mutually agreed that each side would simultaneously cease fire the next day, 11th November, at noon, German time, corresponding to 11-00 A.M. British time.

Answer 4

With an armistice on November 11, 1918.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#End_of_war

The war was officially ended with the Treaty of Versailles.
For all the details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versailles_treaty

Answer 5

Buy a copy of Basil Liddell Hart's 'History of the First World War.