{"id":85848,"date":"2024-02-28T02:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T07:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=85848"},"modified":"2023-11-22T15:55:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T20:55:15","slug":"why-germany-lost-the-first-world-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/02\/28\/why-germany-lost-the-first-world-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Germany Lost the First World War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lQWYycoRo-Q?si=5qCJjwqIgfME3iQg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Great War<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished Nov 10, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s defeat in the First World War has been blamed on all kinds of factors or has even been denied outright as part of the &#8220;stab in the back&#8221; myth. But why did Germany actually lose?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT THE CHANNEL<br \/>\nNebula: <a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/the-great-war\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/the-great-war<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nRaymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen R\u00f8ste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nLeonard P. Ayers, ed. <em>The war with Germany: a statistical summary<\/em>. 1919.<br \/>\nStevenson, David. <em>With Our Backs to the Wall. 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