American intervention saved Western Europe in World War I, but the result was a failed armistice. One hundred years ago, on April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War I. The ongoing ...

An essay from HistoryNet on the execution of the World War I armistice ... and how thousands on both sides may have died needlessly. Military Times © 2025 ...

A woman inherits a map of a World War I battlefield in France from her grandfather ... was critical in routing the Germans and helped pave the way for the Armistice. The map also includes detailed ...

A few days later, on Nov. 11, 1918, an armistice declared the end of World War I, and Wieland, an American soldier, rang the town’s church bells and watched fireworks in every direction.

As part of the garrison's centennial commemoration of the Armistice of World War I, Fort Benning, Georgia, has officially opened a recreation of the training trenches the U.S. Army Infantry School ...

The Armistice took effect at eleven o’clock in ... Miller in his new book WWI Crusaders. In the course of these exertions, Hoover, working without pay, became an international hero, the ...

Even Fountain said that until a decade ago, his knowledge of WWI could have “fit on a single file card.” Both of his grandfathers served in the war, including one who had been scheduled to go to the ...

1918 armistice and years after. Read more about this amazing collection on the WWI Centennial Commission website. For more military history features and articles, visit Military.com's History Center.

History shows that WWI ended in 1918 at the 11th hour of the 11th day, of the 11th month, when a truce, or peace deal, was signed by allied nations. Originally, Veterans Day was called Armistice ...

The ceremony concluded with a 21-gun salute and a moment of silence in honor of the signing of the World War I Armistice. The ...