"I see that we must strike a balance. We have nearly reached the limit of our powers of resistance. The war must be ended."

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Remarks made at the meeting of the German warlords at Advanced General Headquarters at Avesnes (11 August 1918), quoted in John Terraine, To Win A War: 1918 The Year of Victory (London: Cassell, 2003), p. 121