# Armistice ends World War I fighting (1918)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1918-armistice-ends-world-war-i-fighting
Location: Compiègne
Categories: main-event

Germany signed an armistice after more than four years of devastating war. Within the broader Third Republic period, The Third Republic survived war, the Commune, constitutional crises and fierce ideological conflict. It expanded mass schooling and empire, faced the Dreyfus Affair, fought World War I and entered the troubled interwar era. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Raymond Poincaré (President of the French Republic). Armistice ends World War I fighting mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Armistice ends World War I fighting mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems.

Ruler at the time: [Raymond Poincaré](https://history-france.com/rulers/raymond-poincare)

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