Leopold2 December 1917
Pays host to the Russian Armistice Commission behind German lines at Dvinsk
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Pays host to the Russian Armistice Commission behind German lines at Dvinsk
The Allies demand evacuation of all occupied territories including Alsace Lorraine
The Allies demand the demilitarization of the Rhineland & annulment Brest Litovsk
The armistice is signed in a railway carriage at 5:00 AM. Germany agrees to the armistice & firing stops on the western front at 11 am
German troops begin their withdrawal to the Rhine
Part of a commission which signs the armistice
After signing the Armistice, Ludendorff fled to Sweden where his books and article claim that the unbeaten German Army had been "stabbed in the back" by left-wing politicians in Germany
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