Armistice 61111 221108640 2008-06-23T02:22:49Z WinterSpw 2881121 /* Notable armistices in history */ Updated link {{Mergefrom|ceasefire|date=April 2008}} [[Image:German Army Surrender.jpg|thumb|250px|A [[white flag]] is traditionally used to represent a truce.]] An '''armistice''' is when the warring parties agree to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, but can instead be just a cease fire. It is derived from the [[Latin]] ''arma'', meaning weapons and ''statium'', meaning a stopping. A truce or [[ceasefire]] usually refers to a temporary [[cessation of hostilities]] for an agreed limited time or within a limited area. A truce may be needed in order to negotiate an armistice. An armistice is a ''[[modus vivendi]]'' and is not the same as a [[peace treaty]], which may take months or even years to agree on. The 1953 [[Korean War]] armistice <ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/korea/kwarmagr072753.html|accessdate=2007-01-04 |title=Text of the Korean War Armistice Agreement |date=[[July 27]], [[1953]] |publisher=FindLaw}}</ref> is a major example of an armistice which has not yet been followed by a peace treaty. The [[United Nations Security Council]] often imposes or tries to impose cease-fire resolutions on parties in modern conflicts. Armistices are always negotiated between the parties themselves and are thus generally seen as more binding than non-mandatory UN cease-fire resolutions in modern international law. The key aspect in an armistice is the fact that "all fighting ends with no one surrendering". This is in contrast to an [[unconditional surrender]], which is a surrender without conditions, except for those provided by international law. {{Fact|date=March 2008}} ==Notable armistices in history== The most notable armistice, and the one which is still meant when people say simply "The Armistice", is the [[Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)|armistice at the end of World War I]], on [[11 November]], [[1918]], signed near [[Compiègne Forest|Compiègne]], France, and effective at the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month." <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/armistice.htm |accessdate=2007-01-04 |title=The Armistice |date=[[1 May]] [[2004]] |work=The War to End All Wars|publisher=FirstWorldWar.com}}</ref> [[Armistice Day]] is still celebrated in some places on the anniversary of that armistice; alternatively [[November 11]], or a Sunday near to it, may still be observed as a [[Remembrance Day]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2007-01-04 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/uk/remembrance_day/newsid_2438000/2438201.stm |title=What is Remembrance Day?|publisher=CBBC Newsround}}</ref> Other armistices in history are: * [[Armistice of Copenhagen]] of 1537 ended the Danish war known as the [[Count's Feud]]. * [[Armistice of Stuhmsdorf]] of 1635 between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden. * [[Peace of Westphalia]] of 1648 that ended the [[Thirty Years' War]]. * [[World War I]] ** Armistice between Russia and the Central Powers, at Brest-Litovsk, 1917 (see [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]]) ** [[Armistice with Bulgaria]], also known as the '''Armistice of Solun''', September 1918 ** [[Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)]], 1918 ** [[Austrian-Italian Armistice of Villa Giusti]] ended the First World War on the Italian front in early November 1918 ** [[Armistice of Mudros]] Between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies, 1918 * [[Armistice of Mudanya]] between Turkey, Italy, France and Britain and later Greece, 1922. * [[World War II]] ** [[Armistice with France (Second Compiègne)]], 1940 ** [[Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre]] between British forces in the Middle East and Vichy France forces in Syria, 1941 ** [[Armistice with Italy]], 1943 ** [[Moscow Armistice]], signed by Finland and the Soviet Union on [[September 19]], [[1944]] ending the [[Continuation War]]. ** (Germany implemented an [[unconditional surrender]] at the end of the war, immediately prior to [[V-E day]]) ** [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender]] * [[1949 Armistice Agreements]] between Israel and its neighbors Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/mideast/stories/history.maps/armistice.html |accessdate=2007-01-04|title=1949 Armistice|work=Middle East, Land of Conflict |publisher=CNN}}</ref> * [[Korean_War#Stalemate_.28July_1951_-_July_1953.29|Korean War Armistice]], July 1953. * [[Armistice of Trung Gia]] signed by France and the Viet Minh on [[July 20]], [[1954]] ending the [[First Indochina War]]. * 1962 armistice in [[Algeria]] attempted to end the [[Algerian War]]. == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Wiktionary}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/armisticeterms.htm |accessdate=2007-01-04 |title=Allied Armistice Terms, 11 November 1918 |work=The War to End All Wars |publisher=FirstWorldWar.com}} [[Category:Armistices| ]] [[Category:Military strategy]] [[ar:هدنة]] [[br:Arsav-brezel]] [[da:Våbenhvile]] [[de:Waffenstillstand]] [[el:Ανακωχή]] [[es:Armisticio]] [[eo:Armistico]] [[fr:Armistice]] [[gl:Armisticio]] [[ko:휴전]] [[it:Armistizio]] [[he:שביתת נשק]] [[ka:ზავი]] [[ku:Çeksekinandin]] [[nl:Wapenstilstand]] [[ja:休戦協定]] [[no:Våpenhvile]] [[nds:Wapenstillstand]] [[pl:Rozejm]] [[pt:Armistício]] [[simple:Armistice]] [[sk:Prímerie]] [[sv:Vapenstillestånd]] [[zh:停戰協定]]