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| Nov. 9 | |
| THE ABDICATION OF WILLIAM II ANNOUNCED IN BERLIN BY PRINCE MAX. Philipp Scheidemann, the Socialist leader, then proclaimed the German Republic. | 1 |
| Nov. 10 | |
| William II, having been told by Hindenburg and Gröner that they were unable to guarantee the loyalty of the army, took their advice and fled to Holland. | 2 |
| Nov. 8 | |
| The German armistice commission, headed by Matthias Erzberger, the leader of the Center Party, was received by Foch in his railway coach near Compiègne. The terms submitted by the Allies were designed to make Germany helpless and to ensure the acceptance of the peace terms. The armistice provided for immediate evacuation of occupied territory on the western front and of all territory west of the Rhine, which was to be occupied by Allied forces. The treaties of Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest were to be renounced and German troops were to be withdrawn from Romania, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and eventually Russia. Germany was to surrender 5,000 locomotives, 5,000 trucks, and 150,000 freight cars. It was to turn over 160 submarines and a large number of other warships. The armistice, harsh though the terms were, had to be accepted. It was concluded for a period of 30 days, but was periodically renewed until peace was signed. | 3 |
| Nov. 11 | |
| AT 11:00 A.M. HOSTILITIES CEASED ON THE WESTERN FRONT. The Allies at once began to take over the occupied and western German territories. French troops occupied Strassburg on Nov. 25, while British and American troops began the occupation of Germany on Dec. 1. | 4 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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