Eastern Front (World War I) a million German soldiers remained tied up in the east until the end of the war, attempting to run a short-lived addition to the German Empire in Europe. In the end, Germany and Austria lost all their captured lands, and more, under various treaties (such as the Treaty of Versailles) signed after the armistice in 1918. On 10 November, one day before the end of World War I, Romania re-declared war on the Central Powers, thus reigniting the Eastern Front. On 11 November, the last day of the war, the Romanian Army occupied Chernivtsi, the capital of the Austrian Duchy
Opposition to World War I Royden, Kathleen Courtney and Chrystal Macmillan. and Sylvia Pankhurst. It was an early coalition of women's campaigning with pacifism that led to the formation of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1915. Although the onset of the First World War was generally greeted with enthusiastic patriotism across Europe, peace groups were still active in condemning the war. In Britain, the prominent peace activist Stephen Henry Hobhouse went to prison for refusing military service, citing his convictions as an "International Socialist and a Christian" Many socialist groups and movements were antimilitarist, arguing that war by its nature was a