Originally Posted by
Tartiflette Fan
I wasn't sure about WW1, so had a quick read up. Given that the war ended in an armistice and not a surrender, that the the aggressor nation was not physically invaded and (imo ) both sides were exhausted ( American influx excluded ) then I would say that is in line with uxb's premise.
The German army was routed utterly before it had got back home.
A slower read would reveal that there was a BAOR occupying the Rhineland in 1919, that Germany was starving and that massive reparations were exacted.
the British Army, mostly conscripts, led by very experienced NCOs and officers was far from exhausted. Tempered in tbe flames.