Armistice Signing - All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front 2022
War breaks out in Germany in 1914. Paul Bäumer and his classmates quickly enlist in the army to serve their fatherland. No sooner are they drafted than the first images from the battlefield show them the reality of war.

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[jody]

Upon reviewing the terms of surrender forced onto Germany, the Chief of Staff of the French Army Ferdinand Foch predicted France would end up going back to war with Germany in twenty years time when it was signed on June 28, 1919. “This is not peace, ” he said. “It is an armistice for twenty years.” He was off by only three months.

[monsieurdelaperouse]

As a Frenchman, I confirm that French officials will refuse to enter into any parleys until coffee and croissants are present at the negotiation table.

[TheThoughtAssassin]

Historical fun fact: the French officer reading aloud the armistice terms at 2:27 is Maxime Weygand, who’d later be Supreme Commander of French Forces in May 1940 and later Minister of Defense of Vichy France.

[coiboyify]

My favourite thing just before this scene is the Marshall wondering if the croissants were fresh. Like thats what really matters at this time

[TheIllusiveMan]

Love the detail of how it's only the military that hesitates to sign the peace deal

Edit: I meant armistice but you get what I mean

[JW-dowc]

"Be fair to your opponent or else this peace will be hated." Foreshadowing.

[redrackham]

Kind of funny that we had airplanes and radios before we had ballpoint pens.

[TrickiVicBB]

Watched this with a friend at his house with his tabletop friends.

Pretty good film and we talked about the other two films.

"We should watch the 1930s one. They had actuall vets in it!"

[JasonVoorheeTalkShow]

Tragic how Erzberger was assassinated for having the wits to save the lives of his own people.

[worldofdoom]

I think the "you speak of fairness?" Line was in reference to the Franco-Prussain war

[NixonRules]

"Fair? You talk about fairness??"

For context, roughly 40 years prior the French had been utterly defeated by the Prussians in the Franco-Prussian War, being forced to cede French territory to the new German Empire. In addition, the this war has raged largely on French soil, destroying French infrastructure and towns in the wake of the German advance. At one point the Germans attacked Verdun not to seize the town but to force France to commit to its defense and to, in the Germans' own words, "bleed France white".

You can see why there's so much animosity on the French side.

[mrjoba]

This war really was one of the most pointless wars ever.

[cknowledge]

The French are talking about 1871 and the humiliation of the war

[antontalbot]

The armistice of 1918 was just a ceasefire, not the end of the war. In reality the war did not end until the signing of the treaty of versailles in 1919.

[devanmurre]

The fact that Hitler recreated this entire scenario in 1940, down to signing the Armistice of 22 in the same spot and in the same railway car just showed the amount of pettiness these people had.

It’s pretty insane.

Edit: I was referring to both sides being petty.

[Caucasiancookingadventures]

The armistice treaty was extremely unfair. Germany wasn't even allowed to get a soft drink of their choice.

[Grey]

0:58 my favourite line in the entire film

[danielthach]

This war was a war that costed 3 empires to collapse and 18 million dead just over 2 bullets.

[CaptainAhab]

People always bring up the gross unfairness of the Treaty of Versailles but forget that Germany imposed a much worse treaty on Russia a year earlier.

[joshuagrover]

Allied representatives: Left to Right: British Real-Admiral George Hope, (Deputy First Sea Lord), French Lieutenant Paul Laperche, (interpreter), Marshal Ferdinand Foch, (Supreme Allied Commander), Divisional General Maxime Weygand, (Foch's Chief of Staff) and the senior British representative Vice-Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss, (First Sea Lord). Also, a member of the delegation but not shown was Wemyss' aide-de-camp Captain Jack Marriott.

German representatives: Left to right: German Naval Captain Ernst Vanselow, either Captain Geyser or Cavalry Captain (Rittmeister) von Helldorff as interpreter, Matthias Erzberger, (Minister without Portfolio and Vice-Chancellor), Alfred von Oberndorff, (German Foreign Ministry) and the German High Command representative Major General Detlof von Winterfeldt.

Allied and Central powers military ranks correct for the time of the armistice, 11th November 1918.