<P> The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was an armistice during the First World War between the Allies and Germany -- also known as the Armistice of Compiègne after the location in which it was signed -- and the agreement that ended the fighting on the Western Front . It went into effect at 11 a.m. Paris time on 11 November 1918 ( `` the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month '' ) , and marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany , although not formally a surrender . The Germans were responding to the policies proposed by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in his Fourteen Points of January 1918 . The actual terms , largely written by French Marshal and Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies Ferdinand Foch , included the cessation of hostilities , the withdrawal of German troops to behind their own borders , the preservation of infrastructure , the exchange of prisoners , a promise of reparations , the disposition of German warships and submarines , and conditions for prolonging or terminating the armistice . Although the armistice ended the actual fighting , it took six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty , the Treaty of Versailles . </P>
<P> The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was an armistice during the First World War between the Allies and Germany -- also known as the Armistice of Compiègne after the location in which it was signed -- and the agreement that ended the fighting on the Western Front . It went into effect at 11 a.m. Paris time on 11 November 1918 ( `` the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month '' ) , and marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany , although not formally a surrender . The Germans were responding to the policies proposed by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in his Fourteen Points of January 1918 . The actual terms , largely written by French Marshal and Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies Ferdinand Foch , included the cessation of hostilities , the withdrawal of German troops to behind their own borders , the preservation of infrastructure , the exchange of prisoners , a promise of reparations , the disposition of German warships and submarines , and conditions for prolonging or terminating the armistice . Although the armistice ended the actual fighting , it took six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty , the Treaty of Versailles . </P>
in this forest the wwi armistice was signed
in this forest the wwi armistice was signed
Compiègne
Compiègne