At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the fighting of World War I came to an armistice – or a truce – between the Allied Nations and Germany. Seven months later ...

Well, the first celebration was on Nov. 11, 1919, to commemorate the end of World War I. Hostilities formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice ...

President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11, 1919, the first “Armistice Day” to honor World War I veterans, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The day was made a federal ...

This day is now called Victory Day ... Primary school children narrate the story of the armistice agreement that ended World War One. We hear the story of Maud Thompson, aged 11, who describes ...

Armistice Day marks the day the Armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany on November 11, 1918. This was an agreement to end the fighting of World War 1 and triggered peace negotiations.

History has no more glorious day than yesterday, which saw the end of the Great World War and ... Lloyd George. 'The Armistice was signed at 5am this morning,' he said. 'War ceased at eleven ...

An essay from HistoryNet on the execution of the World War I armistice ... and how thousands on both sides may have died needlessly. Military Times © 2025 ...

Half a million protesters to descend on London as Met braces for ‘serious disorder’ with Armistice ... Day in the UK is observed annually on 11th November to mark the armistice signed between the ...