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Originally Posted by Amnorix
1918. At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year, Germany signs an armistice with the Allies, ending the deadliest conflict (until then) in human history.
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Or at least that's when it took effect. If I remember correctly, it was agreed upon early that morning. So there were basically several hours in which you had everyone killing each other for nothing, only because they hadn't gotten the order yet or they didn't want to haul back all the bullets. And so you had several thousand casualties from that.
It's also a moment in time when you see the attachment of symbols to history. The carriage, where Germany and France signed the Armistice, where Germany gave up so much, in just a generation became Hitler's mark of triumph against the French in WWII.