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Show - AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS . Fifteen years ago on November 11 the greatest war of history historycame historycame historycame came to an end through an armistice between the Allied powers powersand powersand powersand and the United States on the one hand and Germany on the other . This historic histone document was signed in : Marshal Foch's Fochs Foch ' s special specialtrain specialtrain specialtrain train at Rethondes , France , at 5 o'clock oclock ' a . m . , and provided for the thecessation thecessation thecessation cessation of hostilities six sit hours later . Accordingly the fighting fightingceased fightingceased fightingceased ceased at 11 a . a , . m . While Whde the Armistice Annistice of November 11 marked the real termin termin- termination termination termination - ation of the war , it was the fourth of a series of rapidly moving movingevents movingevents movingevents events which brought th the titanic struggle to a close . Bulgaria had already surrendered unconditionally unconditionaIly at Salonica Salonicaon on September 29 ; Turkey had surrendered at t Mundros on October October1 OctoberPI \1 1 ( \ 1 ; and Austria-Hungary Austria Hungary - had surrendered at the headquarters of ofGeneral ofGeneral ofGeneral General Diaz , the Italian commander , on November 3 . Left thus thusatone thusalone thusalone atone alone in the struggle stnlggIe , , the defeat of Geimany Gelmany Germany was inevitable . . In fact , Germany had appeaI appealed d to President Wilson 'ViIson ViIson ' for peace peaceon peaceon in on < October 6 , and the time betw between en that date and the ArmIstice Armisticewas Armisticewas : was taken up with diplomatic correspondence cOlTespondence and the working out outof outof outof of the conditions submitted to Germany for acceptance . . These conditions left Germany absolutely shorn of all mili mili- military military military - tary and naval power w " hich hlch might enable her to take the offensive offensiveagain offensiveagain offensiveagain again . Signing of the treaty of peace followed on June 28 , 1919 1919at , } at Versailles Versmllcc ; , near Pans Paris . Since Smce that time many additional treaties , pacts and agreements agree agree- agreements agreements - ments have been entered into by various nations . Continued effOl effoits efforts ts to insure peace are being made by the theworld's thew world's worlds " , mId's mIds 01 Id's Ids ' leading statesmen , and upon the results of these efforts effortsdepend effortsdepend effortsdepend depend the most momentous consequences to the human race . |