A Centenary News glance at key events in the closing days of the Great War, as the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires stopped fighting, and Germany too edged towards a ceasefire.
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Armistice Centenary events update – November 2018
An update on some of the national, international and local commemorations coming up to mark the end of the First World War 100 years ago this month.
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New Zealand commemorates 1918 liberation of Le Quesnoy
New Zealanders gathered in the French town of Le Quesnoy on 4 November 2018 for events commemorating the 100th anniversary of their last major action of the First World War.
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100 years ago – breaking news of the ‘False Armistice’
James Smith revisits the story of how premature reports of an end to the Great War flashed around the world on 7 November 1918.
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100 years ago – breaking news of the ‘False Armistice’
James Smith revisits the story of how premature reports of an end to the Great War flashed around the world on 7 November 1918.
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The Armistice – the Guns of the Great War fell silent 100 years ago today
The Armistice ending the First World War was agreed in Marshal Foch’s train at Compiègne early on the morning of 11 November 1918, coming into effect at 11 o’clock.
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