Why did the leaders of Germany and Austria-Hungary need an armistice? What did they try to do to keep their countries together?

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A World Undone by G.J. MeyerRing of Steel by Alexander WatsonThe First World War by John KeeganDone My Bit: British Soldiers, the 1918 Armistice, and Understanding the First World War by Alexander NordlundWith Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David StevensonCastles of Steel by Robert MassieA World Remade by G.J. MeyerEleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918 World War I and Its Violent Climax by Joseph E. PersicoHundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd

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