RailroadWhy The Soldiers Stopped Fighting

Both the men on the side of the Central Powers as well as the men on the side of the Allied Powers were surrendering in large numbers. The men stopped fighting because their only option in most cases, even though dangerous, was surrender. A sign that the war was coming to an end was in 1918 when, “According to one estimate, 340,000 Germans surrendered between 18 July a

German soldiers surrendered in large numbers towards the end of the war to the point that “the war could no longer be continued. That was the key to the Allied victories,” (Ferguson 386). The failure of Ludendorf’s hastily drawn offensive was the final straw for many German soldiers to finally surrender; they realized that “the war could no longer be won,” (Ferguson 387).

A drought in Germany and Eastern Europe severely damaged the food production and output to the soldiers and to the German people as Ludendorf’s offensives were failing one and the other. The allies, even though their losses were just as great as that of the German’s, were receiving supplies and troops from the United States, starting in 1917, while Germany as well as the other Central Power supply lines were still being strangled due to the war of attrition inflicted upon them by the Allied Powers.

nd the armistice. Between 30 July and 21 October – less than three months – the British

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