Who Won WW1

The
Allied Powers won the First World War. They included Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and
from 1917, the United States. What was unusual about the Allied victory was that it didn't take
place on enemy soil. The territory of the main Central Power, Germany, wasn't invaded or taken
over by enemy forces as would normally have been the case.

This gave rise to
a persistent myth, the so-called "Stab in the back" legend, that would later be
ruthlessly exploited for political gain by the Nazis. According to its proponents, Germany
hadn't really lose the war on the battlefield; her brave soldiers at the front had been
betrayedstabbed in the backby malevolent forces at home such as liberals, Communists, and
Jews.

In reality, however, it was the German generals who advocated surrender
while the politicians in Berlin urged the army to keep on fighting. Nevertheless, in the
aftermath of World War One, the myth took on a life of its own, with many subscribing to it as
the only way of explaining Germany's shattering defeat.