WWI ended with the complete capitulation of Germany, as attested by the Treaty of Versaille. The actual fighting stopped with the armistice of 11/11/1918 at the 11th hour, but the surrender of Germany was unconditional, just as it was for the Axis in WWII. That and the Treaty of Versaille were, IMO, the proximate causes of Hitler’s rise to power and WWII. Which happened when the great American socialist/progressive, Woodrow Wilson managed to drag us into a European conflict that, left alone, would have petered out with just some changes to the map of Europe and only minor changes to status quo ante.
Socialism/progressivism led directly to the subsequent horrors of the Soviet Union, Germany, Japan, then Korea, Vietnam and today’s mid-East. In my never to be humble opinion, could we go back in time and eliminate just one individual to spare the world most of the horror of the twentieth century, persuading Wilson’s mother to abort Woodie would be the almost perfect solution.
I have to agree... but it was Germanys belief that the war would remain “European” in character... no reason for isolationist USA to enter...which caused great concern from France and Britain. With Russian capitulation, the loss of the Eastern Front, and a German increase of some million men to the Western Front, it was evident that the stalemated war would continue for many more years...