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November 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) End of World War I-related observances: Armistice Day (New Zealand, France, Belgium and Serbia) National Independence Day (Poland), commemorates the anniversary of Poland's assumption of independent statehood in 1918; Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia ...
- Armistice Day
Armistice Day, later known as Remembrance Day in the...
- Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day (11 November) is a national holiday in...
- Veterans Day
Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a...
- Armistice Day
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, at sea, and in the air in World War I between the Entente and their last remaining opponent, Germany. Previous armistices had been agreed with Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary.
Apr 27, 2024 · Veterans Day, in the United States, national holiday (November 11) honouring veterans of the armed forces and those killed in the country’s wars. The observance originated in 1919 on the first anniversary of the 1918 armistice that ended World War I and was known as Armistice Day.
The armistice treaty between the Allies, who fought Germany during World War I, and Germany was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on 11 November 1918, and marked the end of the First World War on the Western Front. Marshal Ferdinand Foch, the Allied Commander-in-chief, and Matthias Erzberger, Germany's representative were the ...
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