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Armistice Day continues to be remembered on 11th November every year to mark the moment that the armistice ending WWI was signed, today, it is also used to commemorate those that have fought in other conflicts following the end of the First World War.
The Armistice took place on 11th November at 5am on a railroad carriage at Compiegne. At 11 am on 11th November 1918, a ceasefire came into effect and armies began to withdraw.
There was still some fighting along the front as some regiments wanted to recapture territory before the war ended, an occupation of Germany took place following the Armistice that consisted of American, Belgian, British and French forces. At the time of the Armistice, no Allied force had crossed the German frontier and the Western Front was still 450...Read More
Armistice Day continues to be remembered on 11th November every year to mark the moment that the armistice ending WWI was signed, today, it is also used to commemorate those that have fought in other conflicts following the end of the First World War.
The Armistice took place on 11th November at 5am on a railroad carriage at Compiegne. At 11 am on 11th November 1918, a ceasefire came into effect and armies began to withdraw.
There was still some fighting along the front as some regiments wanted to recapture territory before the war ended, an occupation of Germany took place following the Armistice that consisted of American, Belgian, British and French forces. At the time of the Armistice, no Allied force had crossed the German frontier and the Western Front was still 450 miles from Berlin. This would inevitably lead to conspiracy theories that the German forces did not truly lose and instead were sabotaged by Jews, Socialists and Bolsheviks.
In the aftermath of the war, four empires disappeared, some nations regained their further independence and new ones were created. Four dynasties fell, including the Romanovs (Tsar Nicholas’ family, who had ruled Russia for generations), the Habsburgs, the Ottomans and the Hohenzollerns. Belgium, Serbia and France saw huge amounts of damage across their countries.
The formal state of the war persisted for a further seven months until the Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on 28th June 1919. The US did not ratify the treaty despite public support and did not formally end its involvement until 2nd July 1921 when a second resolution was signed. For the UK, the war ceased on the following days under the Termination of the Present War Act 1918:
Germany – 10th January 1920
Austria – 16th July 1920
Bulgaria – 9th August 1920
Hungary - 26th July 1921
Turkey – 6th August 1924
Records show that of the 60 million Europeans that were enlisted into the military from 1914 to 1918, 8 million were killed, 7 million were permanently disabled and 15 million were seriously injured. Disease flourished in the aftermath of the war, including typhus, malaria and the flu. Overall, the “Spanish” Flu killed at least 17 million people world wide.
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