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First Spanish Flu cases in Spain, where reports on the disease are published freely due to the lack of wartime censorship.
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November 1
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Battle of Chesne (Closing phase of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive).
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November 1–2
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Battle of Valenciennes, closing phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
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November 3
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Austria-Hungary signs the armistice with Italy, effective November 4.
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November 4
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Battle of the Sambre, closing phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
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Second Battle of Guise, a phase of the Battle of Sambre.
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Battle of Thierache, a phase of the Battle of Sambre.
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November 6–11
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Advance to the Meuse.
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November 9
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Germany: Kaiser William II abdicates; republic proclaimed.
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November 10
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Austria-Hungary: Kaiser Charles I abdicates.
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Romania reanudates the war against the Central Powers.
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November 11
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At 6 am, Germany signs the Armistice of Compiègne. End of fighting at 11 a.m.
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Poland proclaimed.
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November 12
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Austria proclaimed a republic.
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November 14
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Czechoslovakia proclaimed a republic.
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German U-boats interned.
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3 days after the armistice, fighting ends in the East African theater when General von Lettow-Vorbeck agrees a cease-fire on hearing of Germany's surrender.
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November 18
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Alexander Kolchak seizes control of the Provisional All-Russian Government in a coup.
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November 21
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Germany's Hochseeflotte surrendered to the United Kingdom.
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November 22
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The Germans evacuate Luxembourg.
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November 25
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11 days after agreeing a cease-fire, General von Lettow-Vorbeck formally surrenders his undefeated army at Abercorn in present-day Zambia.
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November 27
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The Germans evacuate Belgium.
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