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It marked the cessation of hostilities while awaiting a peace settlement. An armistice commission was dispatched to negotiate with the Allies. At 5am on 11 November 1918, the Armistice was signed between Germany and the Allies in a railway carriage at Compi gne. The terms were laid down by the Allies, the event signifying the end of the War. At 11am that morning hostilities ended on the Western Front.
The United Nations Command and the Chinese-North Korean Command signed the Korean Armistice Agreement on 27 July 1953, ending the heavy fighting.