Even the final great throw, using troops released by the defeat of Russia for General Ludendorff’s spring 1918 attack on the British, ended in failure. Indeed, the discussions held by Ludendorff, Germany’s military commander, and the other key generals at Mons (oddly, on 11 November..…

French wanted to enforce Versailles and keep Germany down British themselves retreating into isolationism as Twenties turned into Slump wanted to rewrite the peace and welcome Germany back into the fold. ..…