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Remembrance Day
On 2018-11-14 3:06 AM, JBurns wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Nov 2018 20:54:39 -0400, wrote: >> Yes, a man from Nova Scotia was killed by a German sniper just before >> the bells rang for the Armistice, about two minutes before. There is >> a new statue for him at Mons (he was the last Commonwealth soldier >> killed) which is very lovely, looks like a giant tear drop or drip of >> blood. > > For the USAsians. Long article but an interesting read. It was a bloody shame that soldiers were lost on the last day of the war. Allied commanders wanted to really rub Germany's nose it it and send them running so they would have to admit that they had been totally defeated so they would not harp about how they should have kept things going. It was a needless loss of life because they truce had been signed and terms were set and hostilities were to end at 11 am. There was nothing further to be gained by taking more land....and casualties. A lot of American soldiers were lucky that some of their commanders had refused to attack. My father in law was one of the lucky ones whose unit did not attack that morning. However. someone on his line was killed around 10 minutes to 11. He used to tell me all sorts of stories about his experiences in WWI, but most of them were humorous, but that incident really bothered him. |
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