This day in History: November 11th
World War I ends
The great war ends: By the fall of 1918, the tide had changed, and it was evident that the Allies would win the war. Bulgaria was the first to surrender, followed by Turkey, thereby ending the Ottoman Empire’s seven-century reign. Faced with hunger and civil strife, Austria-Hungary signed an armistice agreement, dividing the union into many smaller entities and thus ending the Hapsburg Empire. With Germany on the brink of civil war, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated, resulting in the country becoming a republic and its new leader, Chancellor Friedrich Ebert, requesting an armistice from the Allies. The combat was finally over.
On November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m., the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the guns went silent.
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