At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the
Great War ended. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of
manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion,
signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car
outside Compiégne, France (above).
The First World War left nine million soldiers dead and 21
million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary,
France and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or
more lives. In addition, at least five million civilians died
from disease, starvation or exposure.
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