Terms of the Armistice

The Main Terms were:

1. All occupied lands in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France – plus Alsace-Lorraine, held since 1870 by Germany – were to be evacuated within 14 days.
2. The Allies were to occupy land in Germany to the west of the River Rhine and bridgeheads on the river’s east bank up to a depth of 30 kilometres.
3. German forces had to be withdrawn from Austria-Hungary, Romania, and Turkey.
4. Germany was to surrender to neutral or Allied ports 10 battleships, six battle cruisers, eight cruisers, and 160 submarines.
5. Germany was also to be stripped of heavy armaments, including 5,000 artillery pieces, 25,000 machine guns, and 2,000 airplanes.
6. The naval blockade would continue.
7. 5,000 locomotives, 150,000 railway cars, and 5,000 trucks would be confiscated from Germany.
8. Germany would be blamed for the war and reparations would be paid for all damage caused.

Many of these terms were to form the basis of the Treaty of Versailles.