The End of World War I

November 11, 1918 , World War I was finally over. It was at eleven o'clock, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month that Germany surrendered to the Allied Forces. The cease-fire treaty took place at Rethondes, France. The Germans were forced to surrender after the British forces created a strong blockade and the United States entered the war, joining the Allied Forces. The Germans were facing terrible loses in many battles, and many problems were arising in the counrty of Germany due to the war. At the beginning of the war the Germans had such high hopes and they believed that they would be able to win the war in 42 days. Other countries believed that this would be the war to end all wars, but they were quite mistaken as World War II followed soon after this. World War I lasted four years, starting in 1914, with the United States entering the war for the last year of fighting. After the armistice was signed, peace confrences were held in France and Woodrow Wilson made his speech concering his Fourteen Points to Congress. However, there were many problems left unresolved from World War I that lead to start of World War II only twenty years later.