armistice

Last week, South Korea's president proposed talks with its northern neighbour on officially ending the war between the two that is technically still active since an armistice was signed in 1953.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

North and South Korea remain technically at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

De Gaulle, on the other hand, was a mere brigadier and junior minister who had fled his country after the French government announced in 1940 that it would seek an armistice with Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

Rothman all but declared the armistice a failure, urging Vice President J.D.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026

Bill had eaten at the restaurant in 1918, and right after the armistice, and Madame Lecomte made a great fuss over seeing him.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

It was the first time a German leader had returned to the spot where both World War I and World War II armistices were concluded.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2018

Stuffing his script into his pocket, Harry Truman added that he wanted to give the reporters a lecture on fake stories about cease-fires and armistices.

From Time Magazine Archive

So often had New Yorkers been fooled by false armistices that they were unable to believe the strike had ended until the now-unfamiliar dailies were there on the newsstands.

From Time Magazine Archive

“What then?” inquired Mr. Garth, who was an Englishman and knew not days, except those on which university matches were to be played or races run or armistices celebrated.

From Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings by Dame Rose Macaulay

This Council had a membership identical with that of the Supreme War Council, which controlled the armistices, their enforcement, and other military matters.

From The Peace Negotiations A Personal Narrative by Robert Lansing