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difficult to comprehend, agreed. Four years of vicious fighting probably left plenty of doubt that the armistice would actually take place, hold, wasn't a trap,
by corebit 8y ago
difficult to comprehend, agreed. Four years of vicious fighting probably left plenty of doubt that the armistice would actually take place, hold, wasn't a trap, etc.
What was the drawdown like in the weeks after? There must have been plenty of defensive mistrust on both sides. Would the other side use this for some devious sneak attack?
- benj111 8y agoTheres a bit more context here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7696021.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7696021.stm Germany was starving by the end, and what we would now call combined arms, was now taking over from the static trench warfare. So they were losing land. I don't think there was a serious risk of them fighting on.