11th November
1918
WORLD WAR I ENDS
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. 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. In
addition, at least five million civilians died from disease,
starvation, or exposure.
