World War 1: Day 2 Continued

The End of World War 1: Christiansen, McLaren, Brue, Mumm


Woodrow Wilson: Campaigned for a peaceful way to end the war. He tried to go to both sides to come up with something to end the war that they could both be okay with but it didn't work.

The armistice: On November 11 the leaders of both sides got together in Ferdinand Foch's railway  carriage headquarters at Compiegne. The Armistice was signed at 6 am and went into effect 5 hours later.

The Border: The final Allied attack began to push towards Germany's border on October 17th 1918 and then they began to collapse adn so Turkey signed an armistice at the end of October and Australia and Hungary followed shortly after on November 3rd.


The Agreement: The agreement included the statemetn that the cessation of fighting along the whole west-front to begin at exactly 11 am the morning of NOvember 11 and after four years, the war came to an end. The agreement was called the Treaty of Versailles. Germany had to stop all fighting and pay for the war's cost.

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