What was the ‘Stab-in-the-Back’ Myth that Tormented Inter-War Germany?

One of the most destructive implications of the myth transpired in the Second World War: Hitler declared in 1942, “the Germany of former times laid down its arms at a quarter to twelve. Yet for the most part, German socialists remained loyal to the nation’s war effort, as part of a wider German political truce. By mediating between the strikers and the state, the Social Democrats were blamed by the more radical left-wing parties as unnecessarily prolonging the war, and on the other hand, blamed by the right-wing for denying the resources needed by German soldiers at the 11th hour.