On November 3, 1918, a historic armistice was signed, and on November 4, 1918, exactly 100 years ago, the battles of the First World War were history for Austria.
At 3.20 pm on November 3, 1918, General Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau signed the armistice agreement with the Entente powers on behalf of the Austro-Hungarian Army High Command in Villa Giusti near Padua. It ended the fighting on the Italian front with effect from 3 p.m. on November 4, 1918, but also applied to all other fronts on which Austro-Hungarian military forces had been deployed. military had been deployed. For Austria at the time, this marked the end of the First World War.
