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A truce—not a compromise, but a chance for high-toned gentlemen to retire gracefully from their very civil declarations of war By Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly , February 17, 1877, p. 132. A ceasefire (also known as a truce ), [ 1 ] also spelled cease-fire (the antonym of 'open fire'), [ 2 ] is a stoppage of a war in which each side agrees ...
The 1953 Korean War Armistice Agreement is a major example of an armistice which has not been followed by a peace treaty. An armistice is also different from a truce or ceasefire, which refer 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.
A hostages-and-prisoners exchange and armistice to end the Gaza war were agreed to by Israel and Hamas on 15 January 2025, and came into effect on 19 January. The proposal was first drafted by mediators from the United States, Egypt, and Qatar, accepted by Hamas on 5 May 2024 and presented by U.S. president Joe Biden on 31 May. [1]
Also known as the Armistice of Compiègne, this armistice, upon being signed amid the German revolution of 1918–1919, ended fighting on the Western Front of World War I; the date of its signature is commemorated as Armistice Day; [3] a final peace, the Treaty of Versailles, was signed on 28 June 1919
Israel and Lebanon have accepted a proposal to end the 13-month border conflict that spiraled into an all-out war with Hezbollah. ... to be a game-changer in the 2024 war. Still, the truce held ...
Trump can hardly end the war now without losing it, but he can probably pause it by negotiating a truce between Ukraine and Russia. A truce means only a ceasefire, an exchange of prisoners and ...
The Korean War is an example of a conflict that was ended by an armistice, rather than a peace treaty with the Korean Armistice Agreement. However, that war has never technically ended, because a final peace treaty or settlement has never been achieved. [26]
Subsequently, soldiers themselves became less amenable to truce by 1916; the war had become increasingly bitter after the human losses suffered during the battles of 1915. The truces were not unique to the Christmas period and reflected a mood of " live and let live ", where infantry close together would stop fighting and fraternise, engaging ...