Allegedly, the Imperial Army and the nation as a whole were stabbed in the back by Jews, Marxists, and Republicans who would later seize power of the country, overthrow and revolt against the monarchy, and the install the Weimar Republic- making what was thought to be an almost positive victory into a defeat instead. Die Dolchstoßlegende was put forth by General Erich Ludendorff and quickly embraced by the General Staff who wanted to rid themselves of blame for losing the First World War. Ludendorff offered this notion up as reasoning for Germany’s loss, victimizing himself and the military by villainizing civilians. A separation was made between the military and the politicians, civilians, and government members as blame was shifted to the civilians of the Weimar Republic, not the General Army, who signed the armistice that ended the war and admitted German
Allegedly, the Imperial Army and the nation as a whole were stabbed in the back by Jews, Marxists, and Republicans who would later seize power of the country, overthrow and revolt against the monarchy, and the install the Weimar Republic- making what was thought to be an almost positive victory into a defeat instead. Die Dolchstoßlegende was put forth by General Erich Ludendorff and quickly embraced by the General Staff who wanted to rid themselves of blame for losing the First World War. Ludendorff offered this notion up as reasoning for Germany’s loss, victimizing himself and the military by villainizing civilians. A separation was made between the military and the politicians, civilians, and government members as blame was shifted to the civilians of the Weimar Republic, not the General Army, who signed the armistice that ended the war and admitted German