Comments on: World War I: Wasted Lives on Armistice Day

By: links for 2009-11-12 « Links. Historische.

links for 2009-11-12 « Links. Historische. — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:46:09 +0000

[...] World War I: Wasted Lives on Armistice Day » HistoryNet On November 11, 1918, Armistice Day, the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front in France suffered more than thirty-five hundred casualties, although it had been known unofficially for two days that the fighting would end that day and known with absolute certainty as of 5 o’clock that morning that it would end at 11 a.m. (tags: ersterweltkrieg) Comments Off [...]

By: Armistice Day « William’s Continued Adventures

Armistice Day « William’s Continued Adventures — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:52:12 +0000

[...] sides pretty much knew that their negotiations would end in an official armistice. According to this website, the German delegate wanted to declare an immediate end to the fighting, knowing that within a few [...]

By: George McRae

George McRae — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:33:02 +0000

My grandfather of the same name as mine, was a a seaman second class attached as a gunners mate to a rail mounted gun in France. His battery fired their final 15, 1200 Lb shells spaced out over the final hours with the final shell fired at 10:59 and 22 seconds. The trajectory and flight of the projectile being just over 23 seconds or so. ( I have the exact details filed away) The shell would have landed and exploded just seconds before the close of hostilities. As my grand father described it to me, it was perhaps the most cynical display of murderous arrogance on the part of the AEF. He spend the last part of his life advocating for peace and in my last conversation with him just shortly before his passing, he told me that his greatest regret was the fact that the war to end all wars didnt, and he was about to die knowing in his heart he had failed miserably in this effort. It is unclear how many Germans were killed by his battery’s final effort.

By: Six Hours of Your Life That You’ll Never Get Back | Austro-Athenian Empire

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:27:18 +0000

[...] be wanted the symbolism of ending the war at 11:00 on 11/11 (hell, why not 11:11 on 11/11?); see World War I: Wasted Lives on Armistice Day. (CHT Jesse [...]

By: The Armistice Day Horror - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

The Armistice Day Horror - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:13:22 +0000

[...] E. Persico told the story in the Winter 2005 issue of MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History. "Armistice Day exceeded [...]

By: Tomorrow is Veterans’ Day. « Weekday Update

Tomorrow is Veterans’ Day. « Weekday Update — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:53:09 +0000

[...] WordPress.com Tomorrow is Veterans’ Day. November 10, 2009, 2:52 pm Filed under: AP World History Some places it’s known as Remembrance Day, but the day that it happened was Armistice Day – the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. It was the day that ended World War I. Sadly, though, the fighting did not end on that last day until exactly 11am. I had mentioned during class that troops were ordered to fight until the very end – here’s an account of Congress’ questioning regarding this loss of life on the final day …. [...]

By: Leaders of Men » Archive » Henry Gunther

Leaders of Men » Archive » Henry Gunther — Sun, 10 May 2009 01:16:18 +0000

[...] story is told on History.net and in Joseph E. Persico’s “Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh [...]

By: bill kennedy

bill kennedy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:26:16 +0000

does not surprise me in any way the ordinary soldiers life means nothing to most Generals

By: These Deaths Have Been Brought To You By The Number Eleven | Austro-Athenian Empire

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:42:05 +0000

[...] not know is that because the generals wanted the 11-11-11 slot, there was another 11 on 11-11-1918: thousands of men, including my great uncle, Ralph Cowell, fell that day. Ralph was one of 320 Americans to lose his [...]

By: R.E. Wood

R.E. Wood — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:23:27 +0000

From what I understand; Congress just dropped the charges against Pershing………….