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90 years ago, the WWI ended.
There were many comemorations today in Europe.
This morning, there was a parade in the village with people dressed like WWI and 1830 soldiers. Then the burgmester read the names of the villagers who were KIA, executed or deported by the Germans, and there was one minute of silence.
YouTube - Nov 11th 2006 - Armistice Day / End of WWI - Ypres (Ieper)
20,000,000 people have been killed, 4 Empires have disappeared, Northern France and Flanders have been badly damaged (all the cities along the front line have been totally destroyed), a whole generation was traumatized,
and still today, thousands and thousands of bodies remain from Flanders Fields to the Ardennes
YouTube - WW1 Remains Found Near Ypres
Armistice with Germany (Rethondes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Armistice Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aftermath of World War I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Iron harvest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There were many comemorations today in Europe.
This morning, there was a parade in the village with people dressed like WWI and 1830 soldiers. Then the burgmester read the names of the villagers who were KIA, executed or deported by the Germans, and there was one minute of silence.
YouTube - Nov 11th 2006 - Armistice Day / End of WWI - Ypres (Ieper)
20,000,000 people have been killed, 4 Empires have disappeared, Northern France and Flanders have been badly damaged (all the cities along the front line have been totally destroyed), a whole generation was traumatized,
and still today, thousands and thousands of bodies remain from Flanders Fields to the Ardennes
YouTube - WW1 Remains Found Near Ypres
Augustin Trébuchon was the last Frenchman to die when he was shot on his way to tell fellow soldiers that hot soup would be served after the ceasefire. He was killed at 10:45 am. The last British soldier to die, George Edwin Ellison of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers, was killed earlier that morning at around 9:30 am while scouting on the outskirts of Mons, Belgium. The final Canadian solder to die, Private George Lawrence Price, was killed just two minutes before the armistice to the north of Mons, in street fighting with retreating German soldiers. And finally, American Henry Gunther is generally recognized as the last soldier killed in action in WWI. He was killed 60 seconds before the armistice came into force while charging astonished German troops who were aware the Armistice was nearly upon them
Armistice with Germany (Rethondes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Armistice Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aftermath of World War I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Iron harvest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia