New Zealand - Armistice Day - A view of Queen Street, Auckland during the observance of the two minutes' silence - 16/11/1922 - Unknown Photographer - Originally published in "The Auckland Weekly News" #336379 - After four terrible years, the First World War finally came to a close with the signing of an armistice between Germany and the Allied Powers on 11 November 1918. - On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the guns famously fell silent. - New Zealanders celebrated enthusiastically, despite having recently celebrated the surrenders of the three other Central Powers – Bulgaria, Turkey and Austria-Hungary – and the premature news of an armistice with Germany. (https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/armistice-day)