Original sentence: Scholars inside and outside Germany unanimously reject the notion, pointing out the German army was out of reserves and was being overwhelmed in late 1918.The stab-in-the-back myth (German: ) is the notion, widely believed in right-wing circles in Germany after 1918, that the German Army did not lose World War I but was instead betrayed by the civilians on the home front, especially the republicans who overthrew the monarchy.When the Nazis came to power in 1933 they made the legend an integral part of their official history of the 1920s, portraying the Weimar Republic as the work of the "November criminals" who used the stab in the back to seize power while betraying the nation
Edited sentence: The stab-in-the-back myth (German: ) is the notion, widely believed in right-wing circles in Germany after 1918, that the German Army did not lose World War I but was instead betrayed by the civilians on the home front, especially the socialist political movement which was associated with many prominent German Jews and which had instigated the Januarstreik Berlin munitions strike in January 1918 and later the overthrowing of the warring monarchy as a result of the German Revolution of 1918-19.When the Nazis came to power in 1933 they made the claim an integral part of their official history of the 1920s, portraying the Weimar Republic as the work of the "November criminals" who used the stab in the back to seize power while betraying the nation