Today -100: October 28, 1918: U.S. stands for Unconditional Surrender as well as for the United States and Uncle Sam

Will Hays, chairman of the RNC, says Woodrow Wilson is calling for the election to Congress of members of his own party because R’s “are for peace through, not without, victory; because  they do not believe lasting peace can be obtained through negotiation; because they consider that U.S. stands for Unconditional Surrender as well as for the United States and Uncle Sam. The Democratic Congress does not. Mr. Wilson does not.”

Gen. Allenby et al capture Aleppo. Or really, the Turks abandon it.

Erich Ludendorff resigns as Germany’s “army dictator.” Hindenburg also resigns, but the kaiser refuses to accept that one. The public is not told of H’s resignation, so this is generally being interpreted as meaning that Hindenburg wants peace negotiations and Ludendorff doesn’t.

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