AT 11am on November 11, 1918, the guns on the Western Front fell silent after more than four years of continuous warfare in World War 1, known as the Great War.
The allied armies had driven the German invaders back, having inflicted heavy defeats upon them over the preceding four months.
The moment when hostilities ceased on the Western Front became universally associated with the remembrance of those who had died in the war.
This first modern world conflict had brought about the mobilisation of over 70 million people and left between 9 and 13 million dead, perhaps as many as one-third of them with no known grave.
The allied nations chose this day and time for the commemoration of their war dead.
After the end of World War 2, the Australian and British governments changed the name from Armistice Day to Remembrance Day to commemorate all war dead.
When all guns fell silent marking end of warfare
