On this day: Armistice agreement to end World War I signed
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The armistice was signed in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne outside Paris; it silenced the guns within hours of its ratification.
On this day in 1918, the Armistice agreement was signed between France, the United Kingdom, Russia, and Germany, ending World War I. After four devastating years of war, an estimated 20 million people diedThe war was dubbed "the war to end all wars" and was the greatest conflict in human history up to that point.The armistice was signed in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne outside Paris; it silenced the guns within hours of its ratification.Currently, Armistice Day serves as a solemn reminder of the devastating human toll of mechanized warfare.
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