On 11 November 1918, at precisely 11am—the fabled "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"—the Armistice between the Allies and Germany came into effect, bringing an official end to the hostilities of World War I.
This historic agreement, signed in the early hours of that same day in a railway carriage at Compiègne, France, marked the cessation of one of the deadliest conflicts the world had ever seen, concluding four years of unprecedented global warfare and human suffering.
The guns fell silent along the Western Front, ushering in a moment of relief, solemn reflection, and the beginning of a difficult road to peace and rebuilding.
