Ovi History

The Armistice of November 11, 1918, marked the dramatic and long-awaited cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, effectively ending the First World War. Signed in the early hours of the morning in a railway carriage in the Compiègne Forest, the agreement between the Allied powers and a defeated Germany called for a ceasefire to begin at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. The news sparked immediate and immense relief and celebration across the war-weary nations, as the guns f