What did the German high command do in October 1918 to deflect blame for Germany's total defeat away from the military?
A) They helped create an inexperienced civilian government and then claimed that weak-willed civilians had dealt the military a "stab in the back" by forcing a surrender.
B) They hired agitators to encourage strikes and sabotage at munitions plants and then claimed they did not have access to enough weapons to win the war.
C) They launched a propaganda campaign, calling the army "undefeated" and promising to rebuild and "give the world" a German victory.
D) They accused Kaiser Wilhelm II and his aristocratic advisers of having forced the military into waging a foolhardy two-front war against the advice of the generals.
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