The New York Times, front page (New York, 11 November 1918): 'Armistice signed, end of the war!'

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.

Date: November 11, 1918
Period: First World War
Made by: The New York Times (private newspaper, New York)
Region: North America
Country: United States
Medium: Newspaper pages
Issuer type: Media
Regime: Wilson Administration
Leader: Woodrow Wilson
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Warn or inform
Themes: War and the military, Media and information
Event: World War I
Techniques: Card stacking
Regime: Wilson administration
Leader: Woodrow Wilson
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: Internet Archive (Serials in Microfilm, digitised from microfilm), retrieved October 2, 2026
Rights: Public domain (US; published before 1 January 1931)
The New York Times, 11 November 1918, Vol. LXVIII No. 22,206; scan via Internet Archive

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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

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