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• General Paul von Hindenburg was a prominent military figure in Germany involved in political developments post WWI and was associated with the German military command and the "Hindenburg Line" on the Western Front
• Germany's defeat and the signing of the Armistice

  11/11/1918
• The "stab in the back" myth was a way to shift blame away from the military leadership and onto perceived internal enemies like civilians, left-wing politicians and Jews
• "Stab in the back" myth claimed that internal enemies had undermined the war effort and internal issues like political unrest and dissent on the homefront had played a significance in Germany’s military failure
• The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Paris Peace Conference


  28 June 1919
• Conditions of the Treaty of Versailles

  • Germany lost its territory
  • Armed forces were limited
  • Reparations
  • The War Guilt Clauses
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