On this day, 106 years ago, World War I ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. The date is now known as Armistice Day ... and assembled a great army, so that at the ...
People celebrate Armistice ... fighting in the Great War, which had killed more than 15 million people. A year later, King George V of England proclaimed that date Armistice Day, to be marked ...
the day was about marking the end of the Great War and was used as a way to commemorate the military dead from WWI. However, in later years, this focus shifted to all veterans. The armistice ...