The Armistice and the reaction in Malta – November 11, 1918

Abstract

During the last weeks and months of 1918, nearly all the Central Powers and their allies were exhausted fighting against the Allied Powers. While the latter were in a similar situation, they were more determined to defeat their enemies, especially after the arrival of US troops in France. Finally, after four years of fighting, the first member of the Central Powers to surrender was Bulgaria, which quit on September 30, 1918. Both Turkey and Austria-Hungary followed with an armistice on October 30 and November 3, respectively. But the most significant armistice was the one signed on November 11, 1918.