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title: The New York Times, daily edition, front page (New York, November 11, 1918)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/nyt-armistice-signed-1918-11-11/
description: Front page of The New York Times, Monday 11 November 1918. The banner reads 'ARMISTICE SIGNED, END OF THE WAR! BERLIN SEIZED BY REVOLUTIONISTS; NEW…
section: Collection
---

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# The New York Times, daily edition, front page (New York, November 11, 1918)

Front page of The New York Times, Monday 11 November 1918. The banner reads 'ARMISTICE SIGNED, END OF THE WAR! BERLIN SEIZED BY REVOLUTIONISTS; NEW CHANCELLOR BEGS FOR ORDER; OUSTED KAISER FLEES TO HOLLAND', with an Associated Press column announcing that the war ends at 6 a.m. New York time.

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
The New York Times. 'All the News That's Fit to Print.' NEW YORK, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1918. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS

ARMISTICE SIGNED, END OF THE WAR!
BERLIN SEIZED BY REVOLUTIONISTS;
NEW CHANCELLOR BEGS FOR ORDER;
OUSTED KAISER FLEES TO HOLLAND

SON FLEES WITH EX-KAISER / Hindenburg Also Believed to Be Among Those in His Party.
Kaiser Fought Hindenburg's Call for Abdication; Failed to Get Army's Support in Keeping Throne
BERLIN TROOPS JOIN REVOLT / Reds Shell Building in Which Officers Vainly Resist.
Socialist Chancellor Appeals to All Germans To Help Him Save Fatherland from Anarchy
WAR ENDS AT 6 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING
The State Department in Washington Made the Announcement at 2:45 o'Clock.
ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED IN FRANCE AT MIDNIGHT
Terms Include Withdrawal from Alsace-Lorraine, Disarming and Demobilization of Army and Navy, and Occupation of Strategic Naval and Military Points.
GERMAN DYNASTIES BEING WIPED OUT
MORE WARSHIPS JOIN THE REDS
```

Read from the page image: masthead, dateline and headlines only; body text is not transcribed. Spelling and punctuation as printed.

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