The First World War ended 100 years ago this month on November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m. Nearly 20 million people had perished since the war began on July 28, 1914. In early 1918, it looked as if the ...

The front page of The Patriot on Nov. 11, 1918, said it all – “Fighting is ended.” At 2:45 a.m., the State Department in Washington reported that the terms of the armistice were signed by Germany.

The celebration of Veterans Day is rooted in the ending of major hostilities in World War I. The hostilities formally ceased at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918, when the ...

This undated file photo shows the train wagon in which the armistice of 1918 ending World War I was signed on Nov. 11, 1918, in Rethondes, north of Paris. Standing in front of the train are the most ...

On June 28, 1914, in the town of Sarajevo, Serbia, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife, Princes Sophia, were shot to death by a Serbian nationalist. Their ...