Reichstag Peace Resolution

The Reichstag Peace Resolution was passed by the Reichstag of the German Empire on 19 July 1917 by 214 votes to 116. It was supported by the Social Democrats, the Catholic Center Party and the Progressive People's Party, and was opposed by the National Liberals and the Conservatives. The resolution was introduce by the Catholic leader Matthias Erzberger. It was an attempt to seek a negotiated peace to end World War I. The resolution called for no annexations, no indemnities, freedom of the seas and international arbitration. It was ignored by the German High Command and by the Allied powers.[1]

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  1. A. J. Ryder, The German Revolution of 1918: A Study of Socialism in War and Revolt (Cambridge University Press, 1967), pp. 87–93.

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