While not naval history per se, this anniversary deserves mention here as well.
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100 Years After WWI's End, Leaders to Mark Armistice in Paris
This year will mark the 100th anniversary of the armistice on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918
By Raf Casert
Published Nov 9, 2018 at 11:16 AM | Updated at 11:45 AM CST on Nov 9, 2018
Paris, the City of Light, always was the grandest prize of World War I, either to conquer or defend.
So it is only fitting that when victors and vanquished meet to mark the centennial of the armistice this weekend, the biggest ceremony should be on the famed Champs-Elysees at the Arc de Triomphe.
About 60 leaders will mark the cease-fire that came on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.
Such was the symbolic importance of the French capital that victorious U.S. Gen. John J. Pershing said it was his "desire that every man in the American Expeditionary Forces should be given the opportunity to visit Paris before returning to the United States."
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