11-11-2015, 02:08 PM
On this date 97 years ago, one of the deadliest wars in history was ceased.
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At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France. World War I lasted from 1914 to 1918.
The First World War left nine million soldiers dead and 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France, and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives. The U.S. lost nearly 120,000 soldiers. In addition, at least five million civilians died from disease, starvation, or exposure.
At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France. World War I lasted from 1914 to 1918.
The First World War left nine million soldiers dead and 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France, and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives. The U.S. lost nearly 120,000 soldiers. In addition, at least five million civilians died from disease, starvation, or exposure.