Armistice with Germany (Compiègne) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-16

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00:01:15 1 October 1918 telegrams
00:05:03 2 German Revolution
00:06:15 3 Negotiation process
00:08:10 3.1 Allied Rhineland occupation
00:08:29 4 Prolongation
00:09:21 5 Key personnel
00:10:14 6 Terms
00:12:55 7 Aftermath
00:15:21 8 Last casualties
00:17:22 9 Legacy
00:18:20 10 Stab-in-the-back myth
00:19:00 11 See also



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The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent, Germany. Previous armistices had been agreed with Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Also known as the Armistice of Compiègne from the place where it was signed at 5:45 a.m. by the French Marshal Foch, it came into force at 11:11 a.m. Paris time on 11 November 1918 ("the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month") and marked a victory for the Allies and a defeat for Germany, although not formally a surrender.
The actual terms, largely written by the Allied Supreme Commander, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, included the cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of German forces to behind the Rhine, Allied occupation of the Rhineland and bridgeheads further east, the preservation of infrastructure, the surrender of aircraft, warships, and military materiel, the release of Allied prisoners of war and interned civilians, eventual reparations, no release of German prisoners and no relaxation of the naval blockade of Germany.
Although the armistice ended the fighting, it needed to be prolonged three times until the Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on 28 June 1919, took effect on 10 January 1920.