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Sunday, November 11, 2018

The Eleventh Hour. The end of WWI

 On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 the guns of Europe fell silent. After four years of bitter fighting, The Great War was finally over. 
The Armistice was signed at 5am in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiegne, France on November 11, 1918. Six hours later, at 11am, the war ended. The First World War officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919.
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Trench warfare and hand to hand combat, World War I pitted Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. Mustard gas was used and the "gas mask" was invented. 


     “WE SHALL NOT SLEEP, 
                   THOUGH POPPIES GROW 

                           IN FLANDERS FIELDS" 
                            John McCrae

The poppies of Flanders Field have become a symbol of WWI and all Veterans. 

Per Karen Lowton
“A lovely military man selling poppies stopped me today and asked if he could reposition mine - while doing so he told me that women should wear their poppy on their right side: the red represents the blood of all those who gave their lives; the black represents the mourning of those who didn't have their loved ones return home; and the green leaf represents the grass and crops growing, and future prosperity after the war destroyed so much.

“The leaf should be positioned at 11 o'clock to represent the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the time that World War One formally ended.



Veterans Day is observed in the United States on 11 November, and is both a federal and state holiday. In the United States, and some other allied nations, 11 November was formerly known as Armistice Day; in the United States it was given its new name in 1954 at the end of the Korean War to honor all veterans.

           Sadly, the War To End All Wars, didn't accomplish that goal. To see how and why it started, visit here....Who started WWI    5 top causes of WWI


CountryTotal mobilized forcesKilled or died
WoundedPrisoners or missingTotal casualties
Allied Powers:
Russia12,000,0001,700,0004,950,0002,500,0009,150,000
France
8,410,0001,357,8004,266,000537,0006,160,800
British Empire**8, 904,467908,3712,090,212191,6523,190,235
Italy5,615,000650,000947,000600,0002,197,000
United States4,734,991116,516204,002------320,518
Japan800,00030090731210
Romania750,000335,706120,00080,000535,706
Serbia707,34345,000133,148152,198331,106
Belgium267,00013,71644,68634,65993,061
Greece230,0005,00021,0001,00027,000
Portugal100,0007,22213,75112,31833,291
Montenegro50,0003,00010,0007,00020,000
TOTALS42,188,8105,152,11512,831,0044,121,09022,104,209
Central Powers:
Germany11,000,0001,773,7004,216,0581,152,8007,142,558
Austria-Hungary7,800,0001,200,0003,620,0002,200,0007,020,000
Turkey2,850,000325,000400,000250,000975,000
Bulgaria1,200,00087,500152,39027,029266,919
TOTALS22,850,0003,386,2008,388,4483,629,82915,404,477
GRAND TOTALS65,038,8108,538,31521,219,4527,750,91937,508,686

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