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Armistice

An armistice is a situation in a war where the warring parties agree to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, but may be just a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace...

Timeline of Events

1918

9.29.1918

World War I: The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces. Bulgaria signs an armistice.

10.30.1918

The Ottoman Empire signs an armistice with the Allies, ending the First World War in the Middle East.

11.3.1918

Austria-Hungary enters into an armistice with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.

1940

6.22.1940

France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany.

1941

1.28.1941

French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.

1943

9.29.1943

World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMS Nelson off Malta.

1945

1.20.1945

World War II: Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.

1954

7.20.1954

At Geneva, Switzerland, an armistice is signed that ends fighting in Vietnam and divides the country along the 17th parallel.