An armistice sets a deadline to stop fighting on the western front
The November 1918 armistice with Germany required land and air hostilities on the western front to cease six hours after signature.
What this does and does not establish
An armistice suspends fighting. This clause does not establish that fighting stopped everywhere or that a peace treaty had been signed.
- Region
- Europe
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- 1918
- How we use it
- An armistice suspends fighting. This clause does not establish that fighting stopped everywhere or that a peace treaty had been signed.
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Terms of the Armistice with Germany
Allied and German armistice delegates
Quoted text (English)
Cessation of hostilities by land and in the air six hours after the signing of the armistice.Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Public-domain information in Foreign Relations of the United States; credit the volume and document. https://history.state.gov/about/faq/what-is-frus
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