The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, at sea, and in the air in World...
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"Le programme du centenaire de l'armistice du 11 novembre 1918 dévoilé" [The schedule for the centenary of the armistice of 11 November 1918 revealed]. France...
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Remembrance Day (category Armistice Day)
June 1919. The tradition of Remembrance Day evolved out of Armistice Day. The initial Armistice Day was observed at Buckingham Palace, commencing with King...
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"November 11, 1918: The Last Hours, The Last Man". NW Battalion. Retrieved 2008-11-02. Secret Defense, at Liberation.fr - 11 novembre 1918 : Vrigne-Meuse...
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Augustin Trébuchon (category 1918 deaths)
tʁebyʃɔ̃]; 30 May 1878 – 11 November 1918) was the last French soldier killed during World War I. He was shot 15 minutes before the Armistice came into effect...
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Meuse–Argonne offensive (category 1918 in France)
entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice of November 11, 1918, a total of 47 days. The Meuse–Argonne offensive was...
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François Darlan (section Armistice)
Imprimerie nationale, 1982, 1986. Bernard Karsenty, "Les Compagnons du 8 Novembre 1942", Les Nouveaux Cahiers, n°31, Nov. 1972. Simon Kitson, Vichy et...
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France. Designed by Philippe Prost and inaugurated on 11 November 2014, the 96th anniversary of Armistice Day, the memorial honors the 576,606 soldiers of...
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Maxime Weygand (section Armistice)
Reynaud and demanded an armistice. Weygand was present at the Anglo-French Conference at the Château du Muguet at Briare on 11 June, at which the option...
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Rémi (2013). 11 novembre (in French). Paris: A. Colin. p. 290. ISBN 978-2-200-27787-1. Soudagne, Jean-Pascal (2008). L'histoire incroyable du soldat inconnu...
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