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AT 11am on November 11, 1918, the guns on the Western Front fell silent after more than four years of continuous warfare in World War 1 or the Great War.

The allied armies had driven the German invaders back, having inflicted heavy defeats upon them over the preceding four months.
In November, the Germans called for an armistice (suspension of fighting) in order to secure a peace settlement. They accepted allied terms that amounted to unconditional surrender.
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month attained a special significance in the post-war years.
The moment when hostilities ceased on the Western Front, became universally associated with the remembrance of those who had died in the war.
This first modern world conflict had brought about the mobilisation of over 70 million people and left between 9 and 13 million dead, perhaps as many as one-third of them with no known grave. The allied nations chose this day and time for the commemoration of their war dead.
After the end of World War 11, the Australian and British governments changed the name to Remembrance Day.
Armistice Day was no longer an appropriate title for a day which would commemorate all war dead.