Armistice of 11 November 1918

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armistice ceasefire agreement historical event

The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the ceasefire agreement between the Allies and Germany that halted fighting on the Western Front and effectively brought World War I to an end.

Aliases (6)

Armistice of Compiègne ×2
armistice of 11 November 1918 ×2
Armistice clearing ×1
World War I Armistice ×1
World War I armistice negotiations ×1
signing of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 ×1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armistice → ceasefire agreement → historical event →
alsoKnownAs	Armistice of Compiègne → World War I Armistice →
belligerent	Allied Powers → France → German Empire → Italy → United Kingdom → United States →
cameIntoEffectAt	1918-11-11T11:00:00 →
cause	Allied Hundred Days Offensive → military collapse of Germany in 1918 →
commemoratedBy	Armistice Day → Remembrance Day →
commemoratedOn	11 November each year →
condition	evacuation of German troops from Alsace-Lorraine → evacuation of German troops from Belgium → evacuation of German troops from France → surrender of German military equipment →
conflictEnded	World War I (Western Front) →
country	France →
countryOfCommemoration	Belgium → Commonwealth nations → France → Serbia → United Kingdom → many other countries →
date	1918-11-11 →
durationInitial	36 days →
followedBy	Treaty of Versailles →
frontAffected	Western Front →
historicalPeriod	early 20th century →
languageOfDocument	English → French → German →
laterExtended	true →
legalSuccessor	Treaty of Versailles →
locationSigned	Compiègne Forest → France → Rethondes →
negotiatedBy	Allied Supreme War Council → Ferdinand Foch →
orderedBy	German government →
partOf	World War I →
railwayCarriageOwner	Ferdinand Foch →
relatedEvent	Abdication of Wilhelm II → German Revolution of 1918–1919 → Paris Peace Conference (1919) → Treaty of Brest-Litovsk →
result	German military withdrawal from occupied territories → cessation of hostilities on Western Front → end of fighting in World War I → internment of German fleet → release of Allied prisoners of war →
signatory	France → German Empire → United Kingdom → United States →
signatoryRepresentative	Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss → Captain Ernst Vanselow → Count Alfred von Oberndorff → Ferdinand Foch → General Detlof von Winterfeldt → Matthias Erzberger →
signedIn	railway carriage →
signedOn	1918-11-11 →
symbolizes	end of World War I hostilities → military defeat of the German Empire →
timeZoneOfEffect	Central European Time →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Armistice of 11 November 1918 ("Armistice of Compiègne") → Armistice of 11 November 1918 ("World War I Armistice") →	alsoKnownAs
Compiègne Forest ("signing of the Armistice of 11 November 1918") → Compiègne Forest ("World War I armistice negotiations") →	eventLocation
Armistice Day ("armistice of 11 November 1918") →	commemorates
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye →	concludedAfter
Compiègne Forest ("Armistice clearing") →	contains
World War I →	endedBy
Western Front (World War I) →	endedWith
Hundred Days Offensive →	followedBy
Compiègne Forest →	knownFor
Detlof von Winterfeldt →	notableEvent
Armistice Day ("Armistice of Compiègne") →	observesEvent
Ernst Vanselow →	participantIn
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ("armistice of 11 November 1918") →	repudiatedAfter