21 minutes agoToday 101 years, at 11 on the 11th day of the 11th month of the ceasefire that ended World War I
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)On November 11, 1918, Germany signed a ceasefire agreement with Allies in a train car in the Compiegne forest of France. The wars officially stopped at 11: 00 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month, and this day has been honoured with two minutes of silence each year, while the United States has declared it [...]
The wars officially stopped at 11: 00 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month, and this day has been honoured every year with two minutes of silence, while the United States has announced November 11th on Veterans' Day.
World War I officially ended with the signing of the Versailles Treaty on June 28, 1919.
