On November 11th 1918, at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, the Great War ended.At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France.The First World War left nine million … Continue reading November 11 1918 World War I ends
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June 28 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
On June 28th 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I by early August. On June 28, 1919, … Continue reading June 28 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
Craig Hill 