Countdown on the Great War, October 30, 1918: The Ottomans quit.

Officers and men of the U.S.S. Mount Vernon, October 30, 1918.

1.  The Armistace of Mudros was signed which would bring the war with the Ottoman Empire to an end the following day.

The conditions of the treaty basically required the Ottomans to give up their empire.

The treaty was negotiated solely by the British for reasons that remain unclear.  This caused displeasure with the French.  It also meant that the treaty was harsher than it had to be, as unbeknownst to the Ottomans, the British demands, nearly all of which were accepted, and which gave the right to interfere in Anatolia, were more than the British really would have agreed to.  Having said that, the Ottomans would have accepted nearly any term proposed and the treat could have been harsher.

The treaty was unpopular in Turkey and would provide part of the reasons for the Turkish revolve of the following year which would result in a regional conflict once again involving some of the Allied powers.

While the surrender would take place the following day, some Ottoman forces reacted by surrendering on this day.  And at least Yemen dates its independence to this day.