Month: May 2023

WW1 Armistice of 11th November 1918

The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, sea, and air in World War I between the Entente and their last remaining opponent, Germany. Previous armistices had been agreed with Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary. It was concluded after the German government sent a message to American president Woodrow Wilson to negotiate terms on the basis of a recent speech of his and the earlier declared “Fourteen Points“, which later became the basis of the German surrender at the Paris Peace Conference, which took place the following year.

Also known as the Armistice of Compiègne (French: Armistice de Compiègne, German: Waffenstillstand von Compiègne) from the place where it was officially signed at 5:45 a.m. by the Allied Supreme Commander, French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, it came into force at 11:00 a.m. Central European Time (CET) on 11 November 1918 and marked a victory for the Allies and a defeat for Germany, although not formally a surrender.

The actual terms, which were largely written by Foch, included the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, the withdrawal of German forces from west of the Rhine, Allied occupation of the Rhineland and bridgeheads further east, the preservation of infrastructure, the surrender of aircraft, warships, and military materiel, the release of Allied prisoners of war and interned civilians, eventual reparations, no release of German prisoners and no relaxation of the naval blockade of Germany. The armistice was extended three times while negotiations continued on a peace treaty. The Treaty of Versailles, which was officially signed on 28 June 1919, took effect on 10 January 1920.

Fighting continued up until 11 a.m. CET on 11 November 1918, with 2,738 men dying on the last day of the war.

Background

Deteriorating situation for the Germans

German prisoners of war captured near Amiens in late August 1918

The military situation for the Central Powers had been deteriorating rapidly since the Battle of Amiens at the beginning of August 1918, which precipitated a German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line and loss of the gains of the German spring offensive. The Allied advance, later known as the Hundred Days Offensive, entered a new stage on 28 September, when a massive United States and French attack opened the Meuse–Argonne offensive, while to the north, the British were poised to assault at the St Quentin Canal, threatening a giant pincer movement.

Meanwhile, the Ottoman Empire was close to exhaustion, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was in chaos, and on the Macedonian front, resistance by the Bulgarian Army had collapsed, leading to the Armistice of Salonica on 29 September. In Germany, chronic food shortages caused by the Allied blockade were increasingly leading to discontent and disorder. Although morale on the German front line was reasonable, battlefield casualties, starvation rations and Spanish flu had caused a desperate shortage of manpower, and those recruits that were available were war-weary and disaffected.

WWE Summerslam 1992 DVD.

I am looking forward to catching up with my new Wwe Summerslam 1992 dvd from August 92 later on tonight. I have already watched the Wwe Summerslam 92 original countdown pre show last night and the three dark matches last night to and now I just have the whole Wwe Summerslam 1992 pay per view to watch and catch up on now which will be later on tonight which I am really looking forward to tonight.

Only Fools And Horses He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Uncle 1991 Episode.

This is one of my favourite Only Fools And Horses episodes from 91 it came out and was released on the 27th January 1991 when I was four years old when I was little. The episode is called He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Uncle I think this episode of Only Fools And Horses is really funny and I really like watching it whenever it is on the Sky channel Gold sometimes to and the episode is on for 50 minutes just under an hour.

Dads Army.

I really enjoy watching the black and white Dads Army episodes on BBC2 when they are on the telly on a Saturday night. I think they just as good and funny as the coloured Dads Army episodes that they sometimes put on the television on a Saturday night to. I love watching Dads Army I think it is very funny and I think all the episodes of Dads Army are very funny to.

Halifax Card.

I am getting used to my Halifax Card on my iPhone and I am getting more confident with it now whenever I go to The Pub or if I ever go in to shops and use it on the machines. It is a Halifax card app on my iPhone and I feel very happy that I am now getting use to it and getting more confident with it and more confident using it all the time now.

Bing Crosby What Do You Do With A General From 1954.

I am going to download this song on my iTunes in to my music library on my iPhone when I do my downloading next month. It is Bing Crosby What Do You Do With A General from 1954 it is from the Christmas film White Christmas from the same year 54 which was years before I was born and I love the song. These are the two pictures of Bing Crosby standing up signing What Do You Do With A General in the 1954 Christmas movie White Christmas. I have seen the Christmas film White Christmas and I think it is really good to I watched it last December last Christmas.

Coldplay Adventure Of A Lifetime From 2015.

I love this song love listening to the song in my music library on my iPhone with my AirPods Headphones when I am out and about walking or when I am on the metro on my way to NTDF in Shiremoor I think it is really good. The song is on for 4 minutes and 24 seconds it Coldplay Adventure Of A Lifetime its from 2015 eight years ago. I love listening to the song on my iPhone in my music library on my ibox in my bedroom at home when I am getting ready for the shower. The song came out and was released on the 6th November 2015 when I was twenty nine years old when I was in my late twenties when I was younger and I have loved the song ever since then. The feature image at the top is the picture of the album cover of Coldplay Adventure Of A Lifetime from 2015.