The world grandly commemorates the centenary of WW1 armistice

Eleventh hour of the Eleventh day of the Eleventh month

November 12, 2018 13:01 IST
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Eleventh hour of the Eleventh day of the Eleventh month

The armistice ending the First World War between the Allies and Germany was signed at Compiègne, France on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month - 11 am on the 11th November 1918.
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