At a crown council on September 29, 1918, German chief strategist Erich Ludendorff warned Kaiser Wilhelm II that defeat was imminent and insisted that they must request an armistice from U.S.

In 1918, the Allies launched the Hundred Days Offensive—a relentless series of battles that broke the German Army’s will to ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 1918 (UP) -- The armistice between Germany and the allies was signed at 5 o'clock this morning, French time. Hostilities ceased at 11 a.m. French time. This announcement was ...

The First World War ended 100 years ago this month on November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m. Nearly 20 million people had perished since the war began on July 28, 1914. In early 1918, it looked as if the ...

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