““This knowledge, however, served the purposes of peace rather than war. The German general staff grasped that the tide of Americans, now just shy of 2 million men in France, could push into Lorraine and overrun Metz, then the Saar, thus scattering Germany’s armies. The Germans pressed for peace at this time, before their military was completely shattered, to avoid leaving their homeland unprotected against rioters and revolutionists.””
