BlueFalconPunch t1_iwr94hn wrote
Reply to comment by R4G in 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. by wats6831
11k casualties on the last day...hundreds killed.
1 American commander had his unit charge and attack on the last day for access to bathing facilities...he killed hundreds for a bath they could have without bloodshed in a few days.
The AEF commander Pershing was called before congress to explain the hundreds of dead for no reason...he said the French commander told him to keep fighting because the armistice wasn't signed yet. Eventually everyone forgot about it and no one was held accountable
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