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Reichstag Peace Resolution passed by the German
ReichstagThe Reichstag was the parliament of the North German Confederation , and of the German Reich ....
on July 19, 1917 with the support of the Social Democrats, the Catholic Center Party, and the
Progressive People's PartyThe Progressive People's Party was a liberal party of late Imperial Germany. It was formed in 6 March, 1910 as a merger of Freeminded People's Party, Freeminded Union, and German People's Party in order to unify the various liberal groups represented in parliament...
was an attempt to seek a negotiated peace in
World War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. The resolution called for no annexations, no indemnities, freedom of the seas, and international arbitration. It was ignored by the German High Command, and by the Allied Powers.