Important Armistices in History
The most notable armistice, simply known by Europeans as "The Armistice", was the armistice at the end of World War I, on 11 November 1918, signed near Compiègne, France, and effective at the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month."
1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and its neighbors Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Korean War Armistice Agreement, July 1953.
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