why did world war one end?

Question

why did world war one end?

Answer 1

~Everybody had to rest up and re-supply for WWII

Answer 2

The Germans had been fighting against the British, French and Russians for years. Then the Russian revolution started in 1917 and the Germans turned all their remaining attention to the west.

At this point there was no clear advantage to either side and the fighting just continued, and would have for years more probably. But then the US joined the war, and the British began fielding larger numbers of tanks.

Now the Germans were faced with a new enemy with massive resources and an untapped supply of new troops. Also, they were starting to lose ground in the face of new Allied tactics and technology. So they surrendered in the face of obvious defeat.

Answer 3

The downfall came with the *threat* of America becoming involved in the war.

By the end of 1917, The French army had recovered from its mutinies at least well enough to stand firm on the defensive. The British army was showing its capability in "bite and hold" offensives that cost the Germans far more men than they could afford.
Unrestricted submarine warfare had offered the hope of starving Britain to an end of the war but this, as it endangered American ships and lives, had risked bringing America into the war. With America in the war, their manpower would mean an inevitable defeat for Germany.
The Germans gambled on one major knock-out blow using troops freed from the Eastern front after the Russian collapse and armistice, to decide the war before American troops could reach France in numbers.
This assault failed, and from then on Germany was doomed. At the end of the Michael offensive and related operations (to end of March 1918), only about 3,000 US troops had seen action.
The numbers were building up rapidly, but they were as raw as the British had been on the Somme in 1916.
In September 1918 the American first army (with a 20% French contingent) held forty miles of line, preparatory to its first major attack, but by then the Germans were already falling back. The writing was on the wall.

400,000 American men in the line, but another 1,350,000 of them in France (still training and equipping).

Answer 4

The answer to your question is pretty simple and straight forward. I'm surprised the first two answers are wrong!

The main combatants, Germany, Britain, and France had suffered at least one million soldiers killed each since 1914 and lacked the strength to deliver a knock-out punch to defeat their enemy.

By entering the war late, in March 1917, the USA had the manpower to deliver that knock-out punch and did so in the form of an offensive which forced Germany to sue for peace.

WWI ended in Germany's defeat. The American public supported the war effort.

Answer 5

The British blockade of Germany helped limit the inlfux of goods, and Italy's hostile stance against Austria and Germany helped finish the strangle hold on Germany which left it basicallyon its own industrially and ecnomically. The German army came a hairs bredth from winning WW1 in 1918, they were containing the allied offensive when the military staged a coup, dethroned the Kaiser and sued for peace.

Answer 6

The war had become and unpopular war of attrition and none of the involved parties felt they could win the war. So they all met and agreed to an Armistice on 11/11/18 at 11:11 AM hence that is why the U.S. celebrates Veteran's Day formerly known as Armistice Day.

Answer 7

Both sides, British/French and German/Austrian, were exhausted and going broke. The new participants who tipped the scale, the Americans, had no real interest in Europe's problems and nothing much to gain beyond rescuing the British, and there was strong sentiment in America against involvement there. So the war ended.