the allies signed a truce with germany in 1918 (end of the war).
who did the allies sign a truce with in 1918 (end of the war)?
germany
another reason the war did not immediately resume was that king philip iii died shortly before the truce ended. he was succeeded by his 16-year-old son philip iv, and the new government under gaspar de guzmán, count-duke of olivares had to get settled. the view in the spanish government was that the truce had been ruinous to spain in an economic sense. in this view the truce had enabled the dutch to gain very unequal advantages in the trade with the iberian peninsula and the mediterranean, owing to their mercantile prowess. on the other hand, the continued blockade of antwerp had contributed to that city's steep decline in importance (hence the demand for the lifting of the closing of the scheldt). the shift in the terms of trade between spain and the republic had resulted in a permanent trade deficit for spain, which naturally translated into a drain of spanish silver to the republic. the truce had also given further impetus to the dutch penetration of the east indies, and in 1615 a naval expedition under joris van spilbergen had raided the west-coast of spanish south-america. spain felt threatened by these incursions and wanted to put a stop to them. finally, the economic advantages had given the republic the financial wherewithal to build a large navy during the truce and to enlarge its standing army to a size where it could rival the spanish military might. this increased military power appeared to be directed principally to thwart spain's policy objectives, as witnessed by the dutch interventions in germany in 1614 and 1619, and the dutch alliance with the enemies of spain in the mediterranean, like venice and the sultan of morocco. the three conditions spain had set for a continuation of the truce had been intended to remedy these disadvantages of the truce (the demand for freedom of worship for catholics being made as a matter of principle, but also to mobilise the still sizeable catholic minority in the republic and so destabilise it politically).
eighty years' war
the allies push on despite the shock of the nuclear detonations. the belkan government falls and is replaced by an interim government, which orders all belkan troops to stand down. cipher and pj eliminate belkan forces that defy the ceasefire order. the belkans and the allies sign a cease-fire treaty, which reduces the size of the belkan military and partitions much of belka's resource-rich territory among the allied countries. as the allies argue over the newly gained territory, pilots and soldiers from all five nations show their resentment by forming a terrorist organization called "a world with no boundaries" (awwnb), that seeks to erase the concept of borders between countries and create a unified world. cipher and pj are sent to quell the awwnb, with the first victory being the destruction of the xb-0 hresvelgr air fortress and its escorts, the sapinish renegade squadron espada.
ace combat zero: the belkan war