how did the world war 1 end?

Answer 1

Revolution was shaking Germany. It began with a sailors' mutiny at Kiel on October 29 in reaction to the naval command's order for the High Seas Fleet to go out into the North Sea for a conclusive battle. Though the U-boat crews remained loyal, the mutiny of the surface-ship crews spread to other units of the fleet, developed into armed insurrection on November 3, and progressed to open revolution the next day. There were disturbances in Hamburg and in Bremen; "councils of soldiers and workers," like the Russian soviets, were formed in inland industrial centres; and in the night of November 7-8 a "democratic and socialist Republic of Bavaria" was proclaimed. The Social Democrats of the Reichstag withdrew their support from Prince Max's government in order to be free to contend against the Communists for the leadership of the revolution. In these circumstances, the German High Command were obliged to seek an armistice.

Answer 2

By 1918 there were strikes and demonstrations in Berlin and other cities protesting about the effects of the war on the population. The British naval blockade of German ports meant that thousands of people were starving. Socialists were waiting for the chance to seize Germany as they had in Russia. In October 1918 Ludendorff resigned and the German navy mutinied. The end was near. Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated on November 9th 1918.
On 11th November the leaders of both sides held a meeting in Ferdinand Foch's railway carriage headquarters at Compiegne.

The Armistice was signed at 6am and came into force five hours later.

The war ended at the 11th hour, on the 11th day, of the 11th month, 1918.