Stab-in-the-back myth

• abstract: The stab-in-the-back myth (German: )Despite the similarity of the German word Legende and the English word "legend", "stab-in-the-back myth" is the preferred term in English. is the notion, widely believed in right-wing circles in Germany after 1918, that the German Army did not lose World War I but was instead betrayed by the civilians on the home front, especially the republicans who overthrew the monarchy.

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