The lucky 13th... well it is an Armistice so we will .see!
The Armistice of November 11, 1918, marked the dramatic and long-awaited cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, effectively ending the First World War. Signed in the early hours of the morning in a railway carriage in the Compiègne Forest, the agreement between the Allied powers and a defeated Germany called for a ceasefire to begin at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. The news sparked immediate and immense relief and celebration across the war-weary nations, as the guns finally fell silent after four years of unprecedented conflict and staggering human cost.
While the Armistice itself was a ceasefire and not a formal surrender, its terms were designed to make it impossible for Germany to resume fighting. It required the German withdrawal from all occupied territories, the surrender of vast amounts of war matériel, and the evacuation of territory west of the Rhine. This day of relief and remembrance, first commemorated as Armistice Day, has since evolved into Veterans Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Commonwealth nations, serving as a poignant annual tribute to the military personnel who died in the line of duty.
This issue of Ovi History explores an Armistice that might prologues a second world war.
Also in this issue two historical fiction short stories, one from Martha Radcliffe, one from Lucas Durand and a poem from Jan Sand.
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