Europe commemorates Armistice Day, marking the end of World War I

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Europe commemorates Armistice Day, marking the end of World War I  Belgium unveiled a renovated memorial in Ypres, France's President Macron paid tribute, and the UK held wreath-laying ceremonies for Armistice Day, marking the end of WWI.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/11/europe-commemorates-armistice-day-marking-the-end-of-world-war-i  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Countries across Europe observed Armistice Day on Tuesday, the memorial that marks the

00:05end of World War I. In France, President Emmanuel Macron paid tributes to all those who died

00:12for France during the ceremony marking the 107th anniversary of the Armistice of 1918.

00:19In the UK, where Armistice Day is known as Remembrance Day, wreath-laying ceremonies

00:26were held across the country. Queen Camilla laid a wreath at Paddington Station in London,

00:33while Kate, Princess of Wales, did the same at the ceremony at the National Memorial in

00:38Stadforshire. In Belgium, authorities unveiled a renovated memorial for the slain soldiers

00:48and victims in Ypres, the Belgian town that became synonymous with the brutality of World

00:54War I. Several local communes in the Brussels capital region also held commemorative ceremonies.

01:07From 1914 to 1918, the armies of France, the UK, Russia, Italy and the United States fought against

01:16a coalition including Germany and the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires. The war resulted in the deaths

01:24of up to 10 million soldiers, many of them in unmarked graves, and millions of civilians.

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