World War I

End of the war

Bulgaria was the first of the Central Powers to sign an armistice (29 September, 1918). Germany requested a cease-fire on 3 October 1918. When Wilhelm II ordered the German High Seas Fleet to sortie against the Entente's navies, they mutinied in Wilhelmshaven starting 29 October, 1918. On 30 October the Ottoman Empire capitulated. On November 3 Austria-Hungary sent a flag of truce to the Italian Commander to ask an Armistice and terms of peace. The terms having been arranged by telegraph with the Entente Authorities in Paris, were communicated to the Austrian Commander, and were accepted. The Armistice with Austria was granted to take effect at three o'clock on the afternoon of November 4. Austria and Hungary had signed separate armistices following the overthrow of the Habsburg monarchy.

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29 September - 1918 - Cease-fire - 3 October - High Seas Fleet - Sortie - Wilhelmshaven - 29 October - 30 October - November 3 - Flag of truce - Armistice - Armistice with Austria - November 4

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Following the outbreak of the German Revolution, a Republic was proclaimed on 9 November, marking the end of the German Empire. The Kaiser fled the next day to the Netherlands, which granted him political asylum. (See Weimar Republic for details.) On 11 November Germany signed in a railroad car at Compiègne, in France, an armistice with the Entente. On the eleventh day of the eleventh month at the eleventh hour it was official, the war was over.

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German Revolution - Republic - 9 November - German Empire - Netherlands - Weimar Republic - 11 November - Compiègne - France

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For data on military and civilian deaths by nationality, see World War I casualties.

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