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1917 DECLARING WAR
Hindenburg Line Falls Ending War
Nick Lloyd, Part Two: The final phase of World War I saw British forces breach the formidable Hindenburg Line at the St. Quentin Canal while American troops pressed through the Meuse-Argonne. Facing military collapse and domestic political unrest, General Erich Ludendorff was ousted, and German leadership sought an armistice with Woodrow Wilson. Following the November 11 Armistice, returning German officers cultivated the false "stab-in-the-back" myth, alleging that the army was betrayed by home-front civilians rather than defeated on the battlefield—a toxic narrative that profoundly impacted interwar European politics. (2)