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An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, as it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. [1] It is derived from the Latin arma, meaning "arms" (as in weapons) and -stitium, meaning "a stopping". [2]
Armistice Day celebrations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 11 November 1918. Armistice Day, later known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth and Veterans Day in the United States, is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, at 5:45 am [1] for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of ...
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed in a railroad car, in the Compiègne Forest near the town of Compiègne, that ended fighting on land, at sea, and in the air in World War I between the Entente and their last remaining opponent, Germany.
Armistice Day is observed in Britain every 11 November to mark the agreement signed between the Allies and Germany that brought an end to the First World War and to remember the soldiers who gave ...
Services held every 11 November to mourn British soldiers killed in First World War and all subsequent conflicts
World War I. Armistice between Russia and the Central Powers, December 1917; Armistice of Salonika between Bulgaria and the Allies, September 1918; Armistice of Mudros between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies, October 1918; Austrian–Italian Armistice of Villa Giusti ended the fighting of the war on the Italian front in early November 1918
The centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 was an international series of events marking the 2018 anniversary of the armistice which ended World War I.It concluded the series of commemorations marking the wider First World War centenary beginning in 2014.
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