TIL: WW1 Armistice Day was Nov 11th, fighting was to cease at 11:00 AM. An American solider charged a German machine gun nest with 16 mins left, and died at 10:59 AM. The last soldier to die in WWI. history.com Submitted by wats6831 t3_yxcn9p on November 17, 2022 at 1:31 AM in todayilearned 198 comments 2,557
almosttape t1_iwqopxi wrote on November 17, 2022 at 5:09 PM This wasn’t an isolated incident either. There were 11,000 casualties from the time the armistice was declared at 5:45am and the time the fighting stopped at 11:00am. Permalink 4
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