History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1098 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Armistice
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The idea
The fighting ended with the armistice of November eleventh, nineteen eighteen, less than two years after the United States entered the war.
In practice
Guns falling silent on the Western Front.
Where people slip
American troops had fought in strength for only months. Their arrival, the anchor says, helped turn back the German offensive of nineteen eighteen.
Your place on the trail
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