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On this day: Armistice agreement to end World War I signed • Nov. 11, 2026, 2:13 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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A black and white photograph depicting the signing of the World War I Armistice inside a railway car. From left, the figures are Ernst Vanselow, Alfred von Oberndorff, and Detlev von Winterfeldt. Seated second from the right is John Arthur Ransome Marriott. Standing opposite the German delegation is French Marshal Ferdinand Foch. Other Allied and German military personnel stand behind the principa

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Italian general and statesman