Submitted by AutoModerator t3_115esr4 in history
Doctor_Impossible_ t1_j95d8oy wrote
Reply to comment by OsoCheco in Weekly History Questions Thread. by AutoModerator
>Were there "last minute attacks" at the end of WW1, as seen in the new "All quiet on Western front",
There were some last minute attacks, but not as seen in the film, which is not historical. The Germans at that point in the war were incapable of offensive action, paralysed by lack of supplies and ammunition, with shockingly low morale and poor unit cohesion. There were British, French, and American attacks right up until the armistice took effect, in order to ensure that the Germans did not manage to gain a secure, sound defensive position and simply wait the armistice out, gathering their strength.
>Or in any other war, how common was attacking after the peace was signed,
The armistice was not a peace treaty, merely a kind of ceasefire. That was the Treaty of Versailles, which wasn't signed until 1919.
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