At 11:00 on the 11th day of November, 1918, the Germans agreed upon an armistice and began demobilizing its troops. While many Germans could not understand why there was cause for Germany to surrender since no significant battles had been lost on their behalf and their army was still in decent condition, they failed to comprehend the economic strain introduced by the new method of total war. Even so, after reading Wilson's 14 Points, Germany felt it would still be possible to end the war on somewhat positive grounds. However, Wilson had underestimated his allies' malleability, and as the Allies met over a period of 5 months in which they arduously negotiated in attempts to develop the final terms of a peace treaty, the different objectives of the "Big Three" weakened the focus on Wilson's 14 Points' principles of justice to all people and nationalities in the treaty. While the top priority of...