November 11.1918-The end of World War I
(Wu Wu on October eighth day), November 11, 1918, the end of the First World War.
the France General Weygand (right) and Marshal Foch (standing) from the hands of the German to win a piece of paper the long-awaited Armistice Agreement
1918 of November 11, 2011, the German government on behalf of Ai Erci Berger with the Entente coalition forces commander-in-chief Foch signed the armistice agreement, Germany surrendered in the northeast of France 贡比涅森林 Leidong De stations. According to the agreement, Germany within 15 days from the law, than, Lu, Alsace - Lorraine and the left bank of the Rhine region to withdraw all its troops from the earth at the same time, the Luo, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Africa to withdraw and hand over 5,000 artillery pieces, 20,005 thousand machine guns, 3,000 mortars, one thousand one hundred aircraft, 5,000 locomotives, 150,000 wagons and 5,000 vehicles trucks. Six hours after the ceasefire went into effect. "贡比涅森林 Armistice Agreement" signed, declared in Germany, Austria, the soil, the Allies Group thoroughly defeated World War I to this end. The an international conflicts
1914-1918, the majority of European countries as well as Russia, the United States, the Middle East and other parts of the volume Wars. Two warring sides to the Allies (mainly Germany, (on www.TodayOnHistory.com) Austria-Hungary and Turkey) and the Allies (mainly France, Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, in 1917, the United States). The war ended with the failure of the Allies.
to 1910, the major European countries to form two potentially hostile alliance, to the one in Germany and Austria, France, Britain and Russia on the other. June 18, 1914, a Serbian nationalist assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo. Then a series of threats, ultimatum and military mobilization in mid-August, finally a full-scale war broke out between the two leagues.
Germany a long time to prepare the land war on two fronts, namely the West line against France, the Eastern Front against Russia. In the west, its army detour to bypass the major French defense forces west passing through Belgium to the south, so that the British due to the branded Shou treaty obligations and the war. Germans south directly toward Paris. Reinforcement of the British Expeditionary Force in France November stabilize the defense line along the Aisne River, although the Paris spared the occupied French territory, but this war. Huge vigorously modern artillery and machine guns, the war quickly into a war of attrition, the west line of deadlock, the the 1916 Somme and Verdun many battles as well as large-scale counter-offensive in early 1918, Germany failed to break this situation .
on the Eastern Front in 1914, the Russian early counterattack deep into East Prussia and German Poland and Galicia, but the end of the year, the Russian military by the German and Austrian troops stopped. A stunning counterattack the Germans in May 1915, the Russian military is back to its own territory. Although the Russian military has launched several counterattacks, heavy casualties, the German side was unable to break through the line of defense or occupation of German territory.
other battlefields in the edge of the main battlefield, but also intense fighting. Including Gallipoli and the Dardanelles; Caucasus and Persia; Mesopotamia and Egypt; Trieste northwest Yi Songzuo valley.
at sea, only Germany and the United Kingdom has a strong fleet. Britain tried to blockade Germany, cut off from the sea the eve of sea lanes to transport food and supplies. In retaliation, Germany using its latest weapon - submarines, to block the maritime supply lines of the British Isles. Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare. Finally, prompted the United States to participate in the war against Germany in 1917. Major sea battle that is the world's largest naval battle in the history of a naval battle, the battle of Jutland in May 1916 between the British and German Fleet, but did not decide who will win. (History today www.lssdjt.com)
Russian combat ineffective, suffered heavy casualties, caused by a wide range of domestic: dissatisfaction, leading to the Russian Empire collapsed in early 1917, and the same year, the victory of the Bolshevik revolution in November. [Τōdāyōńhī $ τōry.cōm] under the command of Lenin, Russia on November 26 unilateral truce. Months after the formal peace treaty with Germany signed Ting, withdraw from the war. Evacuated to West Germany from the Eastern Front, the military line, an attempt to break the deadlock, but the U.S. military, arrived in France, to offset its strength. In the fall, the situation of the Allies
1918 rapidly deteriorating military defeat, and the shock of the national uprising inspired by the Russian Revolution, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, October has actually disintegrated. Germany West line counterattack failed. The Allies recovered in October 1918 the German occupation of the territory of France and Belgium in parts. The German army Guests morale lax popular in a wide range of political unrest, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated on November 9. November 11, Germany and the Allies signed the Armistice Agreement, the First World War homes end
U.S. troops in France
elated to celebrate the establishment of the Royal Air Force women troops victory
new happily standing on the streets of London
thousands on towns and villages across the UK held the children street rallies to celebrate the armistice
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