Posted on Oct 4, 2022
Germany telegraphs President Wilson seeking armistice
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In the early hours of October 4, 1918, German Chancellor Max von Baden, appointed by Kaiser Wilhelm II just three days earlier, sends a telegraph message to the administration of President Woodrow Wilson in Washington, D.C., requesting an armistice between Germany and the Allied powers in World War I.
In the early hours of October 4, 1918, German Chancellor Max von Baden, appointed by Kaiser Wilhelm II just three days earlier, sends a telegraph message to the administration of President Woodrow Wilson in Washington, D.C., requesting an armistice between Germany and the Allied powers in World War I.
Germany telegraphs President Wilson seeking armistice
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If only WWI could have been avoided through proper channels and without surrendering to the enemy.
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Amn Dale Preisach
It began with a Family squabble, then bluster of " ours is bigger" , dropped a deuce, then began the we'll show them"... and so they did.
It took out 2 monarchies, destroyed so many lives, ruined the continent's fertility, depleted countries coffers , killed millions- both civilian and soldier, ended family lines . But they showed them.
It took out 2 monarchies, destroyed so many lives, ruined the continent's fertility, depleted countries coffers , killed millions- both civilian and soldier, ended family lines . But they showed them.
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