The Stab-in-the-Back Legend (German: Dolchstoßlegende (help · info), literally "Dagger stab legend") refers to a social theory popular in Germany in the period after World War I ...
... war, who told the National Assembly, “As an English general has very truly said, the German army was ‘stabbed in the back.’” Like everything else associated with the stab-in ...
stab someone in the back . 1. Lit. to thrust a knife into someone's back. Max planned to stab his hostage in the back if he screamed. The murderer stabbed his victim in the back ...