Armistice Day
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On Armistice Day, 11 November 1918, the people of London went out onto the streets to celebrate the end of the ‘war to end war’. In this photograph, servicemen and women, carrying flags, celebrate in the Strand, a street in central London.
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People celebrate the signing of the armistice on 11 November 1918, marking the end of World War I.
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A street party in 1919 to celebrate the first anniversary of the World War I armistice. The war came officially to an end on 11 November 1918 when, in a railway carriage at Compiègne in France, Marshal Foch, on behalf of the Allies, signed an agreement with the Central Powers to cease hostilities.
Anniversary of the armistice signed 11 November 1918, ending World War I.
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