Armistice

armistice English Etymology See en armistice. Pronunciation en /ˈɑːmɪstɪs/ RP en /ˈɑɹmɪstɪs/ /-məstəs/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Armistice.wav US en Ar mis tice Proper noun Armistice The armistice agreement signed between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918 to end World War I; en by extension the end of World War I. en w:David Hunter Miller Supreme War Council, February 12, 1919 The Drafting of the Covenant New York, N.Y.; London G. P. Putnam's SonsThe Knickerbocker Press 1928 2 165 https://books.google.com/books?id=YxyPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA165 491280262 [W]hat was to be the future policy of the Associated Governments in regard to the renewal of the Armistice: should the Armistice constantly be renewed, with new clauses and new conditions, or were the final naval and military terms to be drawn up immediately and imposed on the enemy. en Allen Douglas Web of Memory War, Memory, and the Politics of Humor: The Canard Enchaîné and World War I Berkeley; Los Angeles, Calif.; London w:University of California Press 2002 151 https://books.google.com/books?id=Wi_g2pfaAY0C&pg=PA151 978-0-520-22876-4 The armistice of November 1918 could represent many things: the end of the war, the victory. But for the Carnard [the newspaper Le Canard enchaîné], first and foremost, it represented dissention among the French. After the armistice and the emergence of the first difficulties of the peace, many more both on the right and in the center argued that the armistice should have been signed in Berlin—in a word, the armistice of November 11 was premature. en w:Nick Stafford Armistice https://books.google.com/books?id=XkNhBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT258 London Quercus 2009 978-1-84916-081-0 Philomena passed another line of shabby soldiers waiting patiently at a soup kitchen. Months after the Armistice the war wasn't over. Dan was killed after the Armistice – an armistice is only a truce, it isn't the end. Is the Armistice technically ended? What will come after the Armistice – the peace? That would be nice. en Richard J. Connors The Road to the Armistice 1918 Pittsburgh, Pa. Dorrance Publishing Co. 2018 66–67 https://books.google.com/books?id=XuFwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 978-1-4809-8710-4 Later he [British Prime Minister David Lloyd George] meets with the House of Commons and, after an opening prayer is said, reviews the armistice terms, then moves for adjournment. en Armistice Day: Macron and Merkel mark end of World War One https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46165903 https://web.archive.org/web/20181111065102/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46165903 11 November 2018 w:BBC News 10 November 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have left their own mark of reconciliation at the start of events to mark the centenary of the end of World War One. They signed a book of remembrance in a railway carriage identical to the one in which the 1918 Armistice was sealed. Mrs Merkel became the first German leader since World War Two to visit the forest near the town of Compiègne in northern France where the Armistice was signed. Alternative forms en armistice Related terms en Armistice Day Translations armistice agreement signed between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918 to end World War I See also en Poppy Day en Remembrance Day Further reading Armistice of 11 November 1918 Anagrams en aceiimrst ameristic en War World War I