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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence during World War I. Before sunrise today, the long-awaited news of the armistice reached Lawrence.