The Allies' armistice terms presented in the railway carriage at Rethondes were that Germany was required to evacuate not only Belgium, France, and Alsace-Lorraine but also all the rest of the left (west) bank of the Rhine, and it had to neutralize that river's right bank between The Netherlands and Switzerland. The German troops in East Africa were to surrender; the German armies in eastern Europe were to withdraw to the prewar German frontier; the treaties of Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest were to be annulled; and the Germans were to repatriate all prisoners of war and hand over to the Allies a large quantity of war materials, including 5,000 pieces of artillery, 25,000 machine guns, 1,700 aircraft, 5,000 locomotives, and 150,000 railroad cars. And meanwhile, the Allies' blockade of Germany was to continue.
The Germans were obliged to accept these onerous terms due to the threat of revolution at home. They did plead for and received some mitigation of the blockade.
2007-05-12 06:33:06
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answered by Retired 7
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"Woodrow Wilson : The Fourteen Points" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Woodrow_Wilson#The_Fourteen_Points
"Fourteen Points" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Points
2007-05-09 12:59:25
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answered by Erik Van Thienen 7
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