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 ...

When the US declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, the Allies had already endured over three years of carnage. The famed Harlem Hellfighters were the first to join the fight on the frontlines ...

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 ...

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 ...

World War One ended at 11am on 11 November, 1918. This became known as Armistice Day - the day Germany signed an armistice (an agreement for peace) which caused the fighting to stop. People in ...