![]() ![]() World War I ended on 11 November 1918, when the Allies and Germany signed an Armistice that meant they each agreed to stop fighting. On the other side were the Central Powers, which included: Some of the other countries in this group were: Great Britain was on the side of the Allied Powers, which were also called the Entente Powers. Great Britain got involved in the war because they had promised a while ago to protect Belgium, and Germany had declared war on Belgium. Russia was allied with Serbia, so the war had two countries on each side. Austria-Hungary eventually declared war on Serbia, but since Germany was allied with Austria-Hungary, they also declared war on Serbia. Someone from Serbia did this, and Serbia was one of Austria-Hungary’s main enemies. Franz Ferdinand, who was next in line to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was shot and killed in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Countries in Europe had been pretty angry at each other for a while, but what most people think was the last straw in this long argument happened in 1914. On Remembrance Sunday, wreaths of poppies are laid on the Cenotaph, which is a war memorial in London. ![]() There are special ceremonies around the country on this day. The Sunday before Remembrance Day is called Remembrance Sunday.Every year, paper poppies are sold by the Royal British Legion to raise money to help people in the armed forces today.Many people wear a red poppy pinned to their coat in honour of Remembrance Day.A soldier named John McCrae wrote a famous poem, ‘In Flanders Fields’, which was inspired by seeing these poppies. Poppies became a symbol of World War I because they have grown around some of the places where battles were fought.Remembrance Day is 11 November every year, the same day that World War I ended.The peace treaty that ended World War I is the Treaty of Versailles – this was signed in 1919.This meant that the countries that were fighting against each other agreed to stop. An Armistice was signed that ended World War I at 11:00am on 11 November, 1918.World War I was called ‘ The Great War’ until World War II began in 1939, which also involved countries from all around the world.World War I began on 28 July 1914 and ended on 11 November 1918.Many people were killed or wounded in World War I. World War I involved two main sides: the Allied Powers, which included Great Britain and France, and the Central Powers, which included Germany and Austria-Hungary. It also marks the day that World War I ended in 1918. Since World War I ended, every year on 11 November we remember the people in the armed forces who died in battle. What are World War I and Remembrance Day? ![]()
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