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3. I've always wondered why the alignment was planned for 11:11 a.m.

Tue Nov 11, 2025, 01:26 PM

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The armistice was signed at 5:00 a.m. to establish the ceasefire time for exactly 11:00 a.m. the same day. Thus, it became the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month. No "minutes" were recognized.

Google agrees:

The misconception that the Armistice for World War I happened at 11:11 is incorrect; it happened at exactly 11:00 AM on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. The number 11:11 is often a retropsective and erroneous association made by people fascinated with patterns and not the actual time the fighting stopped. The 11 AM time was chosen because it was a simple and convenient time for the agreement to take effect after it was signed at 5 AM that morning.

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