4thofeleven t1_j1co1ct wrote
Reply to comment by yellowsubmarinr in TIL that Henry Gunther was the last soldier to die in World War I. The war ended at 11 AM and Gunther was killed at 10:59 AM while charging a German machine gun by IAmDavidGurney
You generally don't want to declare a cease-fire immediately - you need to allow time for everyone to get the message, otherwise you get situations where one unit doesn't receive the new orders in time, continues attacking, the other side thinks you're intentionally violating the cease-fire, and the whole thing collapses.
yellowsubmarinr t1_j1dvazm wrote
And it just happened to be at 11:11 on 11/11? Not buying it
The armistice should have happened earlier but didn’t and people died for it. Yet I’m being downvoted for advocating for these people who needlessly died. To people who are defending this, maybe reconsider you stance because people died who didn’t need to due to leaders’ incompetence and wanting the 11/11 thing to look cool.
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