Was Germany ever defeated in WW1?

Question

I mean WW1, not WW2!

Germany surrendered, based on the promise of the Allies, to have a fair peace threaty. Wilson, the US president, thought he was smart, whe he broke the promise and screwed the Germans, creating the Depression in 29 and WW2 and a couple more devastating effects in hinsight.

Germany was not defeated in WW1

Answer 1

Good question and easy to answer. The name "Armistice Day" was given to the date when a TRUCE was declared and hostilities ceased. Its interesting to note that WW1 ended in 1918 but the Treaty of Versailles wasnt signed till June 1919.

The Treaty of Versailles was LATER signed in a railroad car in France on June 28, 1919. It is very important to note that The Treaty of Versailles was a "TRUCE" rather than a "surrender". When German troops returned home, they marched through The Brandenburg Gate, which was normally done when a victory was won. Germany did not feel that they had been defeated.

The seeds for WW 2 were sown,for all intents and purposes, when the Treaty's harsh war reparations were imposed upon Germany by Great Britain, the USA and, in particular, a very petulant and vindictive France, who felt that they, arguably, suffered the most from German actions during WW 1.

When France surrendered to German forces early in WW 2, Adolph Hitler forced the French to sign their surrender in that very same railroad car and, allegedly, danced a "jig" because he so enjoyed the revenge that he extracted by that calculated maneuver.

Hitler, actually an Austrian by birth, was wounded (temporary blindness caused by poisonous gas among other things) and was decorated for his service as a Corporal in WW 1. As a front line soldier, he held a grudging resentment and hatred toward France (as well as the German government and military hierarchy who capitulated) due to what he construed to be an unsatisfactory outcome of "The War to End All Wars". As a result, another 50-60 million people would later die when he orchestrated WW 2.

Hope this helps. Cheers.

Answer 2

Another History Revisionist who knows nothing.

Prussian and the associated States to give the area of Germany its correct designation was soundly defeated:

Point 1: its manpower had been bled dry by continuing casualties on the Western Front, and the Eastern Front.
Even though Russia ceased to be a threat German troops were still tied down in Bulgaria and Romania.

Point 2: Due to the successful Royal Naval blockade, raw materials and fresh food supplies were being denied to the Prussians and associated states, strict rationing was in place and cases of malnutrition and death by hunger were documented.

Point 3: with the entrance of America into the War, who could supply 300,000 men monthly into the campaign in France, the Germans could not match these figures as they had no reserve of manpower left in Germany and the associated States.

The German High Command surrendered, the Kaiser went into exile in Holland, and the Prussian people were left to carry the can.

You are trying to blame Germany woes on the USA, when it can be seen that the Kaiser and his mob were to blame for the treatment Germany suffered in WW1.

And in W.W.2 the blame for Germany woes lays squarely on the shoulders of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party.

The history of two gigantic failures has been well documented and no amount of wishing is going to change that fact.GERMANY was soundly beaten not once but twice, and will never be in a postion to rise again.

Answer 3

Yes, there we many battles where germany lost, but then they would just gain the ground back. It wasnt till the americans joined the war and sent troops over that the stale mate was finally broken, and the germans retreated much the same way as they did in WW2. The Germans surrendered before berlin and other major cities were leveled.

Answer 4

"ARTICLE 231, the 'war guilt' clause

The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies."

Since Germany signed this treaty (whether they wanted to or not) it sure looks to me like they were.

Answer 5

You'd best look it up I'm not sure there was a surrender if there was it wasn't "unconditional" . Although they did agree to some pretty harsh terms in the Armistice
I'll defer to navigator he has giving the most accurate rendition of events. Hope he had to look all that stuff up.

Answer 6

Yes, germany was not defeated that's why we are all speaking german, the jews are all dead and the world is finally rid of those pesky non-blonds...
...Oh wait yes they were.

Clue train: however YOU may classify defeat does not matter, it's how the rest of the world does. Take your warped sense of history and 'adjusted' criterea of what qualifies as a defeat/victory and go back to seventh grade history.

Answer 7

yes. the war ended didn't it? And the Allied powers were the victors, right? Germany surrendered, I am certain.

Answer 8

Germany surrendered. End result was the same. They got dictated terms by the other side and they accepted them...

Answer 9

Yes, the allies won and Germany lost.

Answer 10

The Soviet Union. 30 million Soviets died fighting the Axis Powers. It's called "The Great Patriotic War" there. We get credit for defeating Japan, though.