00:00Do you think the First World War ended on November 11, 1918?
00:03Well, no.
00:04And there you have it!
00:05Oh no!
00:06To understand why, one only needs to look at the word armistice.
00:09This word comes from the medieval Latin *armistitium*, formed from two elements.
00:13Arma, the weapons.
00:14Statio, immobility.
00:16An armistice, therefore, is literally the cessation of hostilities.
00:19But be careful, stopping the fighting does not necessarily mean ending the war.
00:22On November 11, 1918, at 5:15 a.m., in a railway carriage in the Compiègne forest,
00:27The Allies and Germany sign the armistice.
00:30Except that the fighting is not supposed to stop until 11am.
00:32For nearly 6 hours, soldiers continued to die.
00:34And among them, Augustin Trébuchon, considered the last French soldier
00:38killed in action at 10:45, 15 minutes before the end.
00:41And what about peace?
00:42It was not signed until June 28, 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles.
00:46But there's another surprise.
00:47You might think that November 11th has been a public holiday since 1918.
00:51No way.
00:51It would be necessary to wait until 1922, four years later,
00:54so that a law could make it a public holiday in France.
00:56And since 2012, this day no longer only pays tribute to those who died in the First World War,
01:01but to all those who died for France.
01:03Ultimately, it took four years to make November 11th a public holiday.
01:06and more than 7 months to sign the peace agreement.
01:07And if you want less war and more words, subscribe.
